Joseph Joubert Quotes - Page 4

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• When you give, give with joy and smiling.

  Joseph Joubert

  Giving, Joy

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

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• Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue.

  Joseph Joubert

  Two, Vices, Virtue

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm.

  Joseph Joubert

  Men, Feelings, Enthusiasm

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• I resemble the poplar,--that tree which, even when old, still looks young.

  Joseph Joubert

  Tree, Looks, Youth

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments.

  Joseph Joubert

  Intelligence, Mediocre, Sentiments

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

  Joseph Joubert

  Pain, Half, Feels

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• One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man.

  Joseph Joubert

  Marriage, Men, Wife

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• Everything that is exact is short.

  Joseph Joubert

  Simplicity

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.

  Joseph Joubert

  Children, Firsts, Disputes

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• We find little in a book but what we put there. But in great books, the mind finds room to put many things.

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  Book, Reading, Mind

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• Attention is like a narrow mouthed vessel; pour into it what you have to say cautiously, and, as it were, drop by drop.

  Joseph Joubert

  Attention, Vessel

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• Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Glasses, Fine Words

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• Nothing ruins the truth like stretching it... GET RICH QUICK! Count your blessings... Stop telling GOD how big your storm is. Instead, tell the storm how big your GOD is!!!!!! Contentment begins where comparison ends. The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

  Joseph Joubert

  Blessing, Victory, Progress

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• The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

  Joseph Joubert

  Joy, Noble, Shows

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

  Joseph Joubert

  Inspirational, Truth, Memories

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• The breath of the mind is attention.

  Joseph Joubert

  Mind, Attention, Breaths

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.

  Joseph Joubert

  Excellence, Germs, Maxims

  Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

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• Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen.

  Joseph Joubert

  People, Age, Honored

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.76

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• Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

  Joseph Joubert

  Children, Pain, Wrinkles

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Ask the young. They know everything.

  Joseph Joubert

  Time, Children, Humorous

  "The Notebooks of Joseph Joubert". Book by Joseph Joubert, translated by Paul Auster, 2005.

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• Abuse of words is the foundation of ideology.

  Joseph Joubert

  Evil, Abuse, Foundation

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• Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.

  Joseph Joubert

  Beauty, Beautiful

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.146

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• Before you use a fancy word, make room for it.

  Joseph Joubert

  Writing, Use, Fancy

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• Politeness is the flower of humanity.

  Joseph Joubert

  Meaningful, Flower, Humanity

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.84

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• When we love, it is the heart that judges.

  Joseph Joubert

  Love, Heart, Judging

  Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.61

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