Joseph Joubert Quotes


Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. Joseph Joubert Legacy 332
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. Joseph Joubert Argument 255
This evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it. Joseph Joubert Aging 174
Misery is almost always the result of thinking. Joseph Joubert Almost 127
Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make more clear. Joseph Joubert Words 119
Politeness is the flower of humanity. Joseph Joubert Manners 117
Space is to place as eternity is to time. Joseph Joubert Eternity 116
To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert Teaching 110
One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. Joseph Joubert Imagination 110
Innocence is always unsuspicious. Joseph Joubert Innocence 103
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable. Joseph Joubert Ambition 100
We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible. Joseph Joubert God 100
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert Love 98
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert Kindness 95
Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert alone 91
Space is the stature of God. Joseph Joubert Space 88
Children need models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert Children 87
Imagination is the eye of the soul. Joseph Joubert Imagination 86
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert Argument 86
The passions of the young are vices in the old. Joseph Joubert Youth 85
Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. Joseph Joubert Regret 83
Justice is the truth in action. Joseph Joubert Action 82
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together. Joseph Joubert Duty 81
Chance generally favors the prudent. Joseph Joubert Fate 81
They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night. Joseph Joubert Profanity 81
Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision. Joseph Joubert Aid 81
All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it. Joseph Joubert Born 80
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. Joseph Joubert Reading 78
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. Joseph Joubert Love 75
Tenderness is the rest of passion. Joseph Joubert Strength 75
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. Joseph Joubert Religion 73
No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments. Joseph Joubert Intelligence 73
Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice. Joseph Joubert Virtue 71
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. Joseph Joubert Imagination 70
Ask the young. They know everything. Joseph Joubert Youth 69
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. Joseph Joubert Kindness 69
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. Joseph Joubert Authors 66
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 Beauty 63
How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum. Joseph Joubert Mystery 62
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. Joseph Joubert Marriage 62
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings. Joseph Joubert Consistency 62
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. Joseph Joubert Direction 59
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. Joseph Joubert best 59
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world. Joseph Joubert Reading 57
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight. Joseph Joubert Truth 57
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. Joseph Joubert Art 57
Logic works, metaphysics contemplates. Joseph Joubert Logic 57
Ornaments were invented by modesty. Joseph Joubert Humility 56
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself. Joseph Joubert Charity 55
Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows. Joseph Joubert Idealism 54

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