"Never cut what you can untie."

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Source : Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.86

Joseph Joubert

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“To be able to be caught up into the world of thought-that is educated.”
“I'd like to be remembered for music that moves people, that takes them some place else, that means something to them, reminds them of a good time or place, some memory, some positive moment.”
“If thereâ€™s a zeppelin, itâ€™s alternate history. If thereâ€™s a rocketship, itâ€™s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, itâ€™s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail.”
“Idleness leads to relaxation, sooner or later bringing about ideological and material corruption, accompanied by lack of discipline, anarchy chaos and defeat.”

Source : Samora Machel (1975). “The Tasks Ahead: Selected Speeches of Samora Moises Machel”
“I don't tend to lie. If I do, it's a little one. Like, 'I'm only around the corner...' when really I'm 10 minutes away.”
“The Golden Rule works like gravitation.”

Source : "Cleveland Address". "Bartlett's Familiar Quotations", 10th edition, 1919.
“Civilization has taught us to eat with a fork, but even now if nobody is around we use our fingers.”
“I spend so much time with the brightest and most talented and well-rounded people. I've had the privilege of having long and very intellectual conversations with people, and sometimes I just sit there and listen. It's like a better version of a class. Even though I'm not sitting at a desk and in school, I'm still learning all the time.”

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