All Joseph Joubert Quotes
- Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy Act
- Fate and necessity are unconquerable. Fate
- Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter. Arrangement
- God has commanded Time to console the unhappy Commanded
- You arrive at truth through poetry; I arrive at poetry through truth. Arrive
- Work like you don't need the money. Inspirational
- A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve. Consists
- When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Achievement
- The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Aim
- Imagination is the eye of the soul. Eye
- It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. Better
- Never cut what you can untie. Choices
- Politeness is the flower of humanity. Flower
- To teach is to learn twice. Appreciation
- The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk. Anger
- Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman. Choose
- We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. Future
- Children need models rather than critics. Children
- Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. Dad
- How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum. Abstract