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
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.]
ideas age moral
To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.
fables literature ends
National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.
life age innocence
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.
reflection wings light
The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.
age evening lamps
The evening of life brings with it its lamps.
men slave force
Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force.
window strikes
There are some heads which have no windows, and the day can never strike from above; nothing enters from heavenard.
heart doe harm
When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.
people dumb mind
All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.
children thinking age
In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
children firsts disputes
Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.
chastity senses supreme
The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.
lying soul ease
The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty.