Joseph Joubert Quotes

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• The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Victory, Intelligence

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

  Joseph Joubert

  Love, Kindness, Women

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• To teach is to learn twice.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Life, Education

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• Never cut what you can untie.

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  Life, Cutting, Interesting

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.86

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• Children need models rather than critics.

  Joseph Joubert

  Positive, Education, Children

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• Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

  Joseph Joubert

  Love, Happiness, Happy

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• Our worries always come from our weaknesses.

  Joseph Joubert

  Worry, Weakness

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Nature, Humorous, Profound

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.

  Joseph Joubert

  Truth, Anticipation, Sunlight

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Truth, Opinion

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

  Joseph Joubert

  Anger, Hiking, Long Walks

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• Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

  Joseph Joubert

  Kindness, People, Glad

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• When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Business, Ambition

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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  He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Education, Learning

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.

  Joseph Joubert

  Pain, Eye, Talking

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Imagination is the eye of the soul.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Life, Eye

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

  Joseph Joubert

  Soul, Religion, Superstitions

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

  Joseph Joubert

  Poetry, Poetic, Great Poetry

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• Work like you don't need the money.

  Joseph Joubert

  Dance, Work, Hippie

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• We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our friends. Let us have heart and head hospitality.

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  Heart, May, Rooms

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• Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Eye

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.65

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• We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

  Joseph Joubert

  Trust, Past, Safety

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• Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Eye, Excellence

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• Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.

  Joseph Joubert

  Mind, Genius, Standards

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

  Joseph Joubert

  Beauty, Beautiful, Garden

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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