We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Grief - Happiness is to feel that one's soul is good; there is no other, in truth, and this kind of happiness… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Avoid singularity. There may often be less vanity in following the new modes than in adhering to the old ones. It is… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
It may be said that it is with our thoughts as with our flowers. Those whose expression is simple carry their seed… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
We should always keep a corner of our heads open and free, that we may make room for the opinions of our… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times,… — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion? — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
How many books there are whose reputation is made that would not obtain it were it now to make? — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
