Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which were published posthumously.
Misery is almost always the result of thinking. – Joseph Joubert
It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him. – Joseph Joubert
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings. – Joseph Joubert
Politeness is the flower of humanity. – Joseph Joubert
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. – Joseph Joubert
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. – Joseph Joubert
Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles. – Joseph Joubert
Children always want to look behind mirrors. – Joseph Joubert
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress. – Joseph Joubert
Children need models rather than critics. – Joseph Joubert
Imagination is the eye of the soul. – Joseph Joubert
It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. – Joseph Joubert
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. – Joseph Joubert
Never cut what you can untie. – Joseph Joubert
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. – Joseph Joubert
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. – Joseph Joubert
God is the place where I do not remember the rest. – Joseph Joubert
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people. – Joseph Joubert
Politeness is to goodness what words are to thoughts. – Joseph Joubert
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. – Joseph Joubert
Justice is the truth in action. – Joseph Joubert
Politeness smooths wrinkles. – Joseph Joubert
The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. – Joseph Joubert
Innocence is always unsuspicious. – Joseph Joubert
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. – Joseph Joubert
All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it. – Joseph Joubert
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress. – Joseph Joubert
Close your eyes and see. – Joseph Joubert
Tenderness is the repose of Passion. – Joseph Joubert
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself. – Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist.
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. – Joseph Joubert
Ask the young. They know everything. – Joseph Joubert
We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own. – Joseph Joubert
The breath of the mind is attention. – Joseph Joubert
The paper is patient, but the reader is not. – Joseph Joubert
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma. – Joseph Joubert
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