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Quote by Joseph Joubert
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight. - Joseph

What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight. – Joseph Joubert

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We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert

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Light can be gentle, dangerous, dreamlike, bare, living, dead, misty, clear, hot, dark, violet, springlike, falling, straight, sensual, limited, poisonous, calm and soft. – Sven Nykvist

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There they stand, the innumerable stars, shining in order like a living hymn, written in light. – N.P. Willis

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Where there is sunshine the doctor starves. – Flemish Proverb

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You cant have a light without a dark to stick it in. – Arlo Guthrie

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