Joseph Joubert Quotes - Page 2

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• Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

  Joseph Joubert

  Intelligent, Men, Age

  "Pensees and Letters of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, 1928.

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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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• Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas.

  Joseph Joubert

  Ideas

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Poetry is to be found nowhere unless we carry it within us.

  Joseph Joubert

  Found, Poetry Is

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Life, Action, Impulse

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

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• We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own

  Joseph Joubert

  May, Convince

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• The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reading, Statistics

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• It is always our inabilities that vex us.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inability, Vex, Ability

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

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• To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Respect, Worthy, Capable

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.120

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Spiritual, Soul, World

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

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• It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Happiness, Aspect, Deserve

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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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• 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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• Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Twenties, Letters

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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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• 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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• Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.

  Joseph Joubert

  Consistency, Feelings, Opinion

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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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• 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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• In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.

  Joseph Joubert

  Happiness, Thinking, Order

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• Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Glasses, Vision

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

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• The mind's direction is more important than its progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  History, Mind, Progress

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• Slander is the solace of malignity.

  Joseph Joubert

  Slander, Solace

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.84

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• The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.

  Joseph Joubert

  Soul, Atmosphere, Mind

  Joseph Joubert (1877). “Pensées of Joubert”, p.12

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• We are all of us more or less echoes, repeating involuntarily the virtues, the defects, the movements, and the characters of those among whom we live.

  Joseph Joubert

  Character, Humility, Echoes

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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