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• 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.

  Joseph Joubert

  Essence, Ideas, Giving

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.150

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• Only just the right quantum of wit should be put into a book; in conversation a little excess is allowable.

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Excess, Littles

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• If authorities were well organized, there would not be an Unknown Warrior.

  Joseph Joubert

  Warrior, Authority, Wells

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• When credulity comes from the heart it does no harm to the intellect.

  Joseph Joubert

  Heart, Doe, Harm

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Grace imitates modesty, as politeness imitates kindness.

  Joseph Joubert

  Kindness, Grace, Modesty

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• How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make?

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reputation, Made

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.147

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• Genuine bon mots surprise those from whose lips they fall, no less than they do those who listen to them.

  Joseph Joubert

  Fall, Lips, Surprise

  Joseph Joubert (1877). “Pensées of Joubert”, p.25

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• Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food.

  Joseph Joubert

  Exercise, Giving, Brain

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• Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.

  Joseph Joubert

  Silence, Poet, Fingers

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• 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.

  Joseph Joubert

  Government, Giving, Choices

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reading, World

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• To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.

  Joseph Joubert

  Needs, Guests, Enjoy

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• To teach is to learn twice. About all some parents accomplish in life is to send a child to Harvard. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.

  Joseph Joubert

  Education, Children, Parent

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• Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.

  Joseph Joubert

  Morning, Children, Eye

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.33

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• Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

  Joseph Joubert

  Ruins, Reconstruction, Antiquity

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• Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

  Joseph Joubert

  Criticism, Charm, Should

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

  Joseph Joubert

  Wise, Kings, Hands

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.

  Joseph Joubert

  Friendship, Giving, Opinion

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

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• He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
  [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]

  Joseph Joubert

  Wings, Feet, Imagination

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• Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reading, Soul

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Fine Words, Fine

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

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• We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.

  Joseph Joubert

  Power, Excellence, Wells

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• Ornaments were invented by modesty.

  Joseph Joubert

  Ornaments, Modesty

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.64

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• The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry

  Joseph Joubert

  Religion, Iliad

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• We should make ourselves loved, for men are only just towards those whom they love.

  Joseph Joubert

  Love, Men, Self Love

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.61

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