Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Joseph Joubert
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  1. Everything has its poetry. 94

  2. You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

  3. The paper is patient, but the reader is not.

  4. It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102

  5. When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.

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