Joseph Joubert quotes - page 6

Of those who want us to be wrong and those who want us to be right. (Joseph Joubert)
There is nothing perfectly true for man; I mean in human opinions. Just like there is nothing perfectly round. View quote
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Speak more softly to be better heard by a deaf public. View quote
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When I see young people such as those of our day, I think that Heaven wishes to destroy the world. View quote
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This poetic nudity within words. View quote
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A person who is never duped cannot be a friend. View quote
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He must not cultivate his friends, but cultivate his friendships within himself. They must be kept, cared for, watered. View quote
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The voice is an aid to intelligence. View quote
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You want to explain everything by the facts that are known to you. But the facts that are not known to you? What do they say? View quote
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Fear feeds the imagination. View quote
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What we say is similar to what we are. (Joseph Joubert)
Sloth waiting for inspiration. View quote
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Man loves what is small; and he loves what is big, through the same weakness. View quote
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Speak for the ear and write for the memory. View quote
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There must be several voices together in one voice for it to be beautiful. And several meanings in one word for it to be beautiful. View quote
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And perhaps there is no advice to give a writer more important than this: - Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. View quote
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All beautiful words are susceptible to more than one meaning (or signification). View quote
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When men are imbeciles, the one who is mad dominates the others. View quote
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All things that are easy to say have already been perfectly said. View quote
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The number of books is infinite. View quote
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The good is worth more than the best. (Joseph Joubert)
Pride swells the brain. Vanity carries with it smoke, minds. Hatred tightens the heart. Love warms the lungs. Admiration stops the heart. We breathe through desire. We want to pump up all that delights, and dilates. Sadness is inaction. The love that comes from the blood, the love that comes from the soul. View quote
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Once we have tasted the juice of words, our mind can no longer pass them by. We drink thought from them. View quote
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One must be an illusionary rather than a visionary. View quote
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All clear and transparent words appear to be beautiful sounds. Yes and no are not precisely clear words, but definite words. In clear words, there is more light than movement or attitude. View quote
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