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
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.
flower animal giving
Science confounds everything; it gives to the flowers an animal appetite, and takes away from even the plants their chastity.
song men giving
Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.
government giving choices
Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.
exercise giving brain
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.
essence ideas giving
A few words worthy to be remembered suffice to give an idea of a great mind. There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work, a simplicity so finished and so perfect that it equals in merit and in excellence a large and glorious composition.
success men giving
If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.
giving soul flavor
Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life.
friendship giving opinion
We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.
giving joy
When you give, give with joy and smiling.
strength giving-up dont-give-up
How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!
powerful writing giving
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
decide deciding question stir stirring
It is better to stir up a question without deciding it than to decide it without stirring it up
argument debate question settle settling
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.