All Joseph Joubert Quotes
- The mind is the atmosphere of the soul. Atmosphere
- All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure. All
- There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work. Beauties
- Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders. All
- One man finds in religion his literature and his science, another finds in it his joy and his duty. Another Finds
- The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul. Conscious
- There are people who are virtuous only in a piece-meal way; virtue is a fabric from which they never make themselves a whole garment. Fabric
- Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing. Bad
- Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. Appertains
- Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a… Ambition
- Combien de gens se font abstraits pour para?tre profonds! La plupart des termes abstraits sont des ombres qui cachent des vides. How many people become… Abstract
- The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused. Abused
- One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the… Aristotle
- A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without… Always Looks
- 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… Accomplish
- The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far-… Altogether
- The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity. Confidence
- Illusion and wisdom combined are the charm of life and art. Art
- If you are poor, distinguish yourself by your virtues; if rich, by your good deeds. Deeds
- All luxury corrupts either the morals or the taste. All