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
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They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night
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It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.
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You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
imagination learning
One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
direction mind
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
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There is a physical weakness which stems from mental ability, and a mental weakness which comes from physical ability
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There are some minds like either convex or concave mirrors, which represent objects such as they receive them, but never receive them as they are
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Words, like glasses, obscure everything which they do not make clear.
blur clear words
Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clear
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Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.
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We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own
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There are single thoughts that contain the essence of the whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of large work
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Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man.
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Children need models more than they need critics