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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• Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.

  Joseph Joubert

  Eye, People, Mediocrity

  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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• Children need models rather than critics.

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  Positive, Education, Children

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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.

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  Kindness, People, Glad

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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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• Imagination is the eye of the soul.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Life, Eye

  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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• 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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• Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

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  Love, Happiness, Happy

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

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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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• Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.

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  Inspirational, Eye, Excellence

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• Good impulses are naught, unless they become good actions.

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  Life, Action, Impulse

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.63

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• Our worries always come from our weaknesses.

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  Worry, Weakness

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.

  Joseph Joubert

  Life, Age, Innocence

  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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• Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

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  Spiritual, Soul, World

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.32

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

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  Poetry, Poetic, Great Poetry

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• Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.

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  Beautiful, Genius, Labor

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.139

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

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  Beauty, Beautiful, Garden

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

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

  Joseph Joubert

  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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