Joseph Joubert Quotes

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.
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don’t try to explain him.
– Joseph Joubert

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Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
– Joseph Joubert

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Politeness is the flower of humanity.
– Joseph Joubert

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Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
– Joseph Joubert

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Children need models rather than critics.
– Joseph Joubert

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Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
– Joseph Joubert

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Children always want to look behind mirrors.
– Joseph Joubert

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
– Joseph Joubert

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He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
– Joseph Joubert

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Never cut what you can untie.
– Joseph Joubert

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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
– Joseph Joubert

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Imagination is the eye of the soul.
– Joseph Joubert

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Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.
– 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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Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
– Joseph Joubert

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The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
– Joseph Joubert

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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
– Joseph Joubert

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All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.
– Joseph Joubert

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Politeness is to goodness what words are to thoughts.
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