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I have not seen you since, but you have often appeared to me in my dreams.

— Joseph Joubert The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert (1883)

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

Pearls of Thought (1881)

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.

Pearls of Thought (1881)

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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