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Joseph Joubert Quotes



Quotes by Joseph Joubert - (19 quotes)

Joseph Joubert - From the Abstraction category:

How many people become abstract as a way of appearing profound! (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Books category:

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Finishing category:

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Friendship category:

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Grace category:

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty is in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Happiness category:

It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Imagination category:

Imagination is the eye of the soul. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Innocence category:

Innocence is always unsuspicious. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Knowledge category:

He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Love category:

Love like you've never been hurt. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Poetry category:

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Seeing category:

Close your eyes and you will see. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Senses category:

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Space category:

Space is to place as eternity is to time. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Strength category:

How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens! (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Teaching category:

To Teach is to learn twice. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Thinking category:

Misery is almost always the result of thinking. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Truth category:

You arrive at truth through poetry; I arrive at poetry through truth. (Joseph Joubert)

Joseph Joubert - From the Work category:

Work like you don't need the money. (Joseph Joubert)