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
direction mind
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
either minds objects receive represent
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
disguise great mask minds
Great minds are those that disguise their limits, that mask their mediocrity.
mind add
What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
order soul mind
Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter.
mind genius standards
Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.
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.
pain mind delight
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
mind attention breaths
The breath of the mind is attention 128
curiosity mind answers
Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.
history mind important
The mind's direction is more important than its progress.
mind would-be esteem
We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.
mind selfishness introducing
What can one possibly introduce into a mind that is already full, and full of itself?
mind subjects
Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.