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
mind subjects
Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.
love punishment too-much
The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always.
children pride men
Haughty people seem to me to have, like the dwarfs, the stature of a child and the face of a man.
wrinkles smooth politeness
Politeness smooths wrinkles.
appreciate able critics
Those readiest to criticise are often least able to appreciate.
spurs morality curb
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
angel moderation moved
Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.
fall may dregs
The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.
eye people mediocrity
Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.
law action enlightening
Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.
mind body
We disjoint the mind like the body.
government giving choices
Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.
happiness thinking order
In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.
wings feet imagination
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet. [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]