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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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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The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
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It is better to stir up a question without deciding it than to decide it without stirring it up
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It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.
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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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Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.
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Words, like glasses, obscure everything which they do not make clear.
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Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clear
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I love to see two truths at the same time. Every comparison gives the mind this advantage.
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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
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Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.