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
people world littles
Some days,' I say, 'I feel like I don't belong anywhere in that world. That world out there. 'I point to Grant. 'People walk down our street and people drive down it and people ride their bicycles down it and all of them, even the ones I know, could be from another planet. And I'm a visiting alien.' And aliens don't belong anywhere,' Adam finishes for me, 'except in their own little corners of the universe.' Right,' I say. ~pgs 57-58 Hattie and Adam on alienation
book excess littles
Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.
littles moral prudence
I love prudence very little, if it is not moral.
littles action
Living requires but little life; doing requires much.
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.
aim argument discussion motivational quote-of-the-day
The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.
choose friend marriage whom woman
Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she were a man
want-him want said
I want her back" I said "I want HIM back"~Charlie
inspirational education negative
You got to accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative, and latch on to the affirmative. Don't mess with Mr. In Between.
cat opinion
Cats definitely have their own opinions.
book rights different
There's so many different kinds of rights to consider these days: computer, e-book, all sorts of things. Forget foreign rights and entertainment rights. There are so many things to consider and an agent is going to know how to wade through all that much better than you are.
horse school independent
I am fairly certain that my independent, high-spirited grandmother must have had a childhood similar to Betsy Ray'sAs I read about the School Entertainment and ice cream socials, about ladies leaving calling cards and the milkman with his horse-drawn wagon, I felt that I was having an unexpected and welcome peek into Granny's childhood-a gift to me from Maud Hart Lovelace
believe book love-to-read
I love to read, and I don't believe that you have to finish one book before you start another. --Mallory Pike