Joseph Joubert Quotes - Page 10

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• Words become luminous when the poet's finger has passed over them its phosphorescence.

  Joseph Joubert

  Silence, Poet, Fingers

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Forms of government become established of themselves. They shape themselves, they are not created. We may give them strength and consistency, but we cannot call them into being. Let us rest assured that the form of government can never be a matter of choice: it is almost always a matter of necessity.

  Joseph Joubert

  Government, Giving, Choices

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Book, Reading, World

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• To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.

  Joseph Joubert

  Needs, Guests, Enjoy

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• 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

  Wise, Kings, Hands

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Ornaments were invented by modesty.

  Joseph Joubert

  Ornaments, Modesty

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.64

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• Religion is fire which example keeps alive, and which goes out if not communicated.

  Joseph Joubert

  Fire, Religion, Example

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

  Joseph Joubert

  Law, Discipline, Religion

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.

  Joseph Joubert

  Morning, Children, Eye

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.33

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• Space is the stature of God.

  Joseph Joubert

  God, Space, Star Gazing

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

  Joseph Joubert

  Thinking

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.91

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Energy, Talent, Muscles

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Friendship, Giving, Opinion

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.

  Joseph Joubert

  Success, Reflection, Men

  Joseph Joubert (1877). “Pensées of Joubert”, p.32

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• Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

  Joseph Joubert

  Ruins, Reconstruction, Antiquity

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• Criticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.

  Joseph Joubert

  Criticism, Charm, Should

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

  Joseph Joubert

  Philosophy

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• He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
  [Fr., Celui qui a de l'imagination sans erudition a des ailes, et n'a pas de pieds.]

  Joseph Joubert

  Wings, Feet, Imagination

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• One can with dignity be wife and widow but once.

  Joseph Joubert

  Wife, Widows, Dignity

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.

  Joseph Joubert

  Surprise, Wells, Audience

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Remember

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• Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Fine Words, Fine

  Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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• We know God easily, if we do not constrain ourselves to define him.

  Joseph Joubert

  God, Constrain, Knows

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• I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know." Ann M. Martin
  "Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

  Joseph Joubert

  Children, Book, Reading

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• Justice is the truth in action.

  Joseph Joubert

  Justice, Action

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