Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubertwas a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 May 1754
CountryFrance
space stature
Space is the stature of God.
history mind important
The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
limits authority should
Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.
cleanliness elegance temperance
In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.
aspect deserve
It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
passion tenderness
Tenderness is the rest of passion.
light shadow made
Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.
worry weakness
Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
ornaments modesty
Ornaments were invented by modesty.
people age knows
Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.
crush errors delight
I do not call reason that brutal reason which crushes with its weight what is holy and sacred, that malignant reason which delights in the errors it succeeds in discovering, that unfeeling and scornful reason which insults credulity.
mind would-be esteem
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.
heart may rooms
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.
passion hatred feelings
The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable.