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
style
A temperate style is alone classical.
two vices lovable
Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.
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.
daughter admiration
There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.
wisdom taken finished
A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.
remember
God is the place where I do not remember the rest.
wisdom age evening
The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.
aspect deserve
It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.
may innocent praise
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy
essentials truth-is
The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused.
unhappy unhappiness consolation
God has commanded Time to console the unhappy
gold coins use
In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
essence volume sentences
There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work.