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
truth ideas
Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.
worry relief trouble
When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.
eye vision closed-eyes
Close your eyes and you will see.
eyeglasses vision blur
Words are like eyeglasses they blur everything that they do not make clear.
appreciation men giving
When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
silence poet fingers
Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.
heart men silence
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
life action impulse
Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.
time passion vices
The passions of the young are vices in the old.
madness advise
There are those to whom one must advise madness.
profound people shadow
How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
consistency feelings opinion
Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.
indulge-in charity charitable
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
children pain wrinkles
Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.