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
passion stuff use
We use up in the passions the stuff that was given us for happiness.
light flames fire
God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.
littles moral prudence
I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.
mind selfishness introducing
What can one possibly introduce into a mind that is already full, and full of itself?
country paris separation
I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.
simple simplicity half
The simple-hearted and sincere never do more than half deceive themselves.
slander solace
Slander is the solace of malignity.
beautiful song mean
Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers.
song men giving
Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.
speech incorporation
Speech is but the incorporation of thought.
style
A temperate style is alone classical.
beautiful style half
The beautiful invariably possesses a visible and a hidden beauty; and it is certain that no style is so beautiful as that which presents to the attentive reader a half-hidden meaning.
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.