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
doe instruments transport
Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
education lax cold
Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.
thinking
Think of the ills from which you are exempt.
thinking views hands
Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done.
philosophy
Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.
grief joy soul
Grief - Happiness is to feel that one's soul is good; there is no other, in truth, and this kind of happiness may exist even in sorrow, so that there are griefs perfable to every joy, and such as would be preferred by all those who have felt them.
gold coins use
In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
dance work live-life
Work like you don't need the money.
eye double-minded duplicity
A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without being double-minded. There can never be mental duplicity where there is sincerity.
education children parent
To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.
way familiar familiarity
The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity.
art illusion charm
Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art.
deeds rich virtue
If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds.
luxury taste moral
All luxury corrupts either the morals or the taste.