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
respect worthy capable
To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
inspirational life-is duty
Without duty, life is soft and boneless.
agriculture kind excellent
Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.
feeling good lies man mature youthful
All that is good in man lies in youthful feeling and mature thought
brings evening life
The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it.
imagination man untrained wings
The man of imagination who is untrained (unlearned, uneducated, undisciplined) has wings and no feet.
comparison gives love mind truths
I love to see two truths at the same time. Every comparison gives the mind this advantage.
ideas polish
It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102
eye drawing talking
Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.
beauty beautiful garden
All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.
paper patient reader
The paper is patient, but the reader is not.
genius invisible paint
Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features
together life-is togetherness
Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
found poetry-is
Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.