Joseph Joubert Quotes - Page 6

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• The passions of the young are vices in the old.

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  Time, Passion, Vices

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• Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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  Time, Space, Eternity

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• Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

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  Inspirational, Work, Commitment

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• We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.

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  Mind, Would Be, Esteem

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• Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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  Math, Logic, Metaphysics

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

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• Minds which never rest are subject to many digressions.

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  Mind, Subjects

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• Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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  Meaningful, Flower, Humanity

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

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• Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together.

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  Together, Life Is, Togetherness

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• Taste has never been corrupted by simplicity.

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  Simplicity, Taste

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

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  Grace, Feelings, Movement

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.60

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• The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity.

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  Way, Familiar, Familiarity

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.21

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• In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition.

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  Ambition, Greed, Matter

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Slander is the solace of malignity.

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  Slander, Solace

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

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• I quit Paris unwillingly, because I must part from my friends; and I quit the country unwillingly, because I must part from myself.

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  Country, Paris, Quitting

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.18

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• National literature begins with fables and ends with novels.

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  Literature, Fables, Ends

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• If fortune wishes to make a man estimable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him esteemed, she gives him success.

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  Success, Men, Giving

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.

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  Miracle, Trickery, Credulity

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• It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas.

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  Ideas, Polish

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

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• Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders.

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  Men, Heaven, Religion

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• A work is perfectly finished only when nothing can be added to it and nothing taken away.

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  Wisdom, Taken, Finished

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

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• The evening of a well spent youth brings it's lamps with it.

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  Wisdom, Age, Lamps

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• The lively phraseology of Montesquieu was the result of long meditation. His words, as light as wings, bear on them grave reflections.

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  Reflection, Light, Wings

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

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  War, Order, Born

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• Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

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  Powerful, Writing, Never Giving Up

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• Without duty, life is soft and boneless.

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  Inspirational, Life Is, Duty

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.90

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