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To let the reader sometimes complete the symmetry between words and to do no more than suggest it. In this painting of our life given to us by our memories, everything is moving and depends on our point of view.

— Joseph Joubert

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

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Children have more need of models than of critics.

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Certain critics resemble closely those people who when they would laugh show ugly teeth.

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Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

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When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.

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