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Joseph Joubert Quotes: "God is the place where I do not remember the rest."

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "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."

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.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms."

Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. As soon as the idea has come to its last degree of perfection, the word blossoms.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "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 face of simple, inoffensive men."

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 face of simple, inoffensive men.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings."

If you would live happily, do not exaggerate life's evils, nor slight her blessings.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent."

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Taste is the literary conscience of the soul."

Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist."

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion."

We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable."

History needs distance, perspective. Facts and events which are too well attested cease, in some sort, to be malleable.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same."

God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum. Light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Logic is to grammar what the sense of words is to their sound."

Logic is to grammar what the sense of words is to their sound.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves."

There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective."

Maxims are to the intellect what laws are to actions; they do not enlighten, but they guide and direct, and, although themselves blind, are protective.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness."

The dregs may stir themselves as they please; they fall back to the bottom by their own coarseness.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Know that morality is a curb, not a spur."

Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits."

Every legitimate authority should respect its extent and its limits.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world."

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "We disjoint the mind like the body."

We disjoint the mind like the body.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!"

Let us have justice, and then we shall have enough liberty!



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own"

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




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102"

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Tenderness is the repose of passion."

Tenderness is the repose of passion.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books."

Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course."

Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The breath of the mind is attention 128"

The breath of the mind is attention 128



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees."

When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth."

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Drawing is speaking to the eye talking is painting to the ear."

Drawing is speaking to the eye talking is painting to the ear.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Chance usually favors the prudent man."

Chance usually favors the prudent man.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Children have more need of models than of critics."

Children have more need of models than of critics.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The spectacle has changed but our eyes remain the same."

The spectacle has changed but our eyes remain the same.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Education should be gentle and stern not cold and lax."

Education should be gentle and stern not cold and lax.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Luckily I never feel at one time more than half my pains."

Luckily I never feel at one time more than half my pains.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Happy is the man who can do only one thing: in doing it he fulfills his destiny."

Happy is the man who can do only one thing: in doing it he fulfills his destiny.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "When my friends lack an eye I look at them in profile."

When my friends lack an eye I look at them in profile.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Without duty life is soft and boneless."

Without duty life is soft and boneless.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself."

Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Without duty life is soft and bone less."

Without duty life is soft and bone less.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Happy is the man who can do only one thing in doing it he fulfills his destiny."

Happy is the man who can do only one thing in doing it he fulfills his destiny.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Without duty life is soft and boneless it cannot hold itself together."

Without duty life is soft and boneless it cannot hold itself together.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Genius begins great works labor alone finishes it."

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes it.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Think that day lost whose descending sun views from thy hand no noble action done."

Think that day lost whose descending sun views from thy hand no noble action done.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you."

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Words like eyeglasses blur everything that they do not make clear."

Words like eyeglasses blur everything that they do not make clear.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet."

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them."

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them.