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Joseph Joubert Quotes

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty Picture Quote #1

Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song Picture Quote #1

Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection Picture Quote #1

There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad Picture Quote #1

Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven Picture Quote #1

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it Picture Quote #1

Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny Picture Quote #1

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will Picture Quote #1

A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away Picture Quote #1

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If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life’s evils, nor slight her blessings Picture Quote #1

Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms Picture Quote #1

You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else Picture Quote #1

To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap Picture Quote #1

Let your cry be for free souls rather than for freedom. Moral liberty is the only important liberty Picture Quote #1

In really good acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to be to us as a charming dream Picture Quote #1

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One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man Picture Quote #1

There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work Picture Quote #1

Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone Picture Quote #1

It is better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up Picture Quote #1

To be capable of respect is, in these days, almost as rare as to be worthy of it Picture Quote #1

History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable Picture Quote #1

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Hatred itself may be a praiseworthy emotion if provoked in us by a lively love of good Picture Quote #1

Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable Picture Quote #1

The pain of dispute exceeds by much its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf I am dumb Picture Quote #1

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason Picture Quote #1

Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark Picture Quote #1

We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality Picture Quote #1

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Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection (Joseph Joubert Quotes) There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man (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 (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 (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Common sense suits itself to the ways of the world. Wisdom tries to confirm to the ways of heaven (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Happy is the man who can do only one thing; in doing it, he fulfills his destiny (Joseph Joubert Quotes) A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will (Joseph Joubert Quotes) A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away (Joseph Joubert Quotes) If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life’s evils, nor slight her blessings (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms (Joseph Joubert Quotes) You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else (Joseph Joubert Quotes) To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Let your cry be for free souls rather than for freedom. Moral liberty is the only important liberty (Joseph Joubert Quotes) In really good acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to be to us as a charming dream (Joseph Joubert Quotes) One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man (Joseph Joubert Quotes) There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone (Joseph Joubert Quotes) It is better to stir up a question without deciding it, than to decide it without stirring it up (Joseph Joubert Quotes) To be capable of respect is, in these days, almost as rare as to be worthy of it (Joseph Joubert Quotes) History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Hatred itself may be a praiseworthy emotion if provoked in us by a lively love of good (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable (Joseph Joubert Quotes) The pain of dispute exceeds by much its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf I am dumb (Joseph Joubert Quotes) The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason (Joseph Joubert Quotes) Liquid, flowing words are the choicest and the best, if language is regarded as music. But when it is considered as a picture, then there are rough words which are very telling, they make their mark (Joseph Joubert Quotes) We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality (Joseph Joubert Quotes)

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