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Joseph Joubert quotes: Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen. Thoughts there are, that need no embodying, no form, no expression. It is enough to hint at them vaguely; a word, and they are heard and seen.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Justice is the truth in action. Justice is the truth in action.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench. Imitate time; it destroys everything slowly; it undermines, it wears away, it detaches, it does not wrench.
Joseph Joubert quotes: We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own
Joseph Joubert quotes: Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people. Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.
Joseph Joubert quotes: One can with dignity be wife and widow but once. One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.
Joseph Joubert quotes: When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees. When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections. The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent. Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity. The true character of epistolary style is playfulness and urbanity.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders. Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions. Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Ornaments were invented by modesty. Ornaments were invented by modesty.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Everything that is exact is short. Everything that is exact is short.
Joseph Joubert quotes: You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you. You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another ... Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another ...
Joseph Joubert quotes: There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment. There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Our life is woven wind. Our life is woven wind.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Innocence is always unsuspicious. Innocence is always unsuspicious.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Close your eyes and you will see. Close your eyes and you will see.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them. Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
Joseph Joubert quotes: One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. Joseph Joubert may 16 2002 One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet. Joseph Joubert may 16 2002
Joseph Joubert quotes: The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed. The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart. The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Justice is the right of the weakest. Justice is the right of the weakest.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves. The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
Joseph Joubert quotes: How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make? How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?
Joseph Joubert quotes: Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing. Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness. Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows. Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul. The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Fate and necessity are unconquerable. Fate and necessity are unconquerable.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear. Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
Joseph Joubert quotes: It is always our inabilities that vex us. It is always our inabilities that vex us.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity. Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life. Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
Joseph Joubert quotes: He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness. He who cannot see the beautiful side is a bad painter, a bad friend, a bad lover; he cannot lift his mind and his heart so high as goodness.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Chance generally favors the prudent. Chance generally favors the prudent.
Joseph Joubert quotes: When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it. When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
Joseph Joubert quotes: We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us. We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
Joseph Joubert quotes: There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment. There is in the soul a taste for the good, just as there is in the body an appetite for enjoyment.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection. Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions. Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty! Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!
Joseph Joubert quotes: I resemble the poplar,that tree which, even when old, still looks young. I resemble the poplar,
that tree which, even when old, still looks young.
Joseph Joubert quotes: We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking. We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt. Religion is the only metaphysic that the multitude can understand and adopt.
Joseph Joubert quotes: In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition. In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The evening of life brings with it its lamps. The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always. The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned. Sexes. One has the look of a wound, the other of something skinned.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety. Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Good maxims are the germs of all excellence. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Taste is the literary conscience of the soul. Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.
Joseph Joubert quotes: We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible. We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments. The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.
Joseph Joubert quotes: He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength. He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
Joseph Joubert quotes: In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance. In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
Joseph Joubert quotes: When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come. When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter. Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter.
Joseph Joubert quotes: When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile. When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop. Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself. Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes
Joseph Joubert quotes: In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver. In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom. Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.
Joseph Joubert quotes: I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself. I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
Joseph Joubert quotes: In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself. In clothes clean and fresh there is a kind of youth with which age should surround itself.
Joseph Joubert quotes: What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself. What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
Joseph Joubert quotes: There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad. There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from? The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from?
Joseph Joubert quotes: The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it. The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue. Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.
Joseph Joubert quotes: We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live. We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny. Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny.
Joseph Joubert quotes: The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty. The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant. Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.
Joseph Joubert quotes: A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
Joseph Joubert quotes: When we love, it is the heart that judges. When we love, it is the heart that judges.
Joseph Joubert quotes: He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Ask the young. They know everything. Ask the young. They know everything.
Joseph Joubert quotes: How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens! How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
Joseph Joubert quotes: Which is more misshapen,religion without virtue, or virtue without religion? Which is more misshapen,
religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?
Joseph Joubert quotes: Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it. Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it.
Joseph Joubert quotes: In bringing up a child, think of its old age. In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Fear loves the idea of danger. Fear loves the idea of danger.
Joseph Joubert quotes: One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty. One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty.
Joseph Joubert quotes: National literature begins with fables and ends with novels. National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom. Proverbs may be said to be the abridgment of wisdom.
Joseph Joubert quotes: There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard. There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man. Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
Joseph Joubert quotes: Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre. Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.
Joseph Joubert quotes: It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102 It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102
Joseph Joubert quotes: A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away. A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

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