Joseph Joubert quotes - page 9

It is impossible for me to say something foolish without being aware of it. (Joseph Joubert)
Conversation. - Because they have many of those ideas that, to be shown, have need of eyes, gestures, voice, a whole multitude of signs that the written word does not accompany. One sees the soul in operation. View quote
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Because they know all the words, they think they know all the truths. View quote
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Undoubtedly, philosophy caused the Revolution. But what caused philosophy? Theological arrogance. View quote
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To speak with his imagination, but to think with his reason. View quote
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Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions. View quote
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To judge things of taste, we must give ourselves time to taste them. View quote
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Without fixed ideas, no fixed feelings. (Whoever has no constant opinions has no constant emotions.) View quote
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Objects must be described only in order to describe the feelings they envoke in us. View quote
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The imagination has made more discoveries than the eye. View quote
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Half myself mocks the other half. (Joseph Joubert)
Everything is game except what makes the soul better or worse. View quote
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If I weigh myself down, everything is lost. View quote
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A stupid lie is one that can never make itself believed. View quote
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From the center we should perceive the circle. View quote
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Reason does not reason. It goes straight to the fact or the consequence. View quote
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All ways of expressing ourselves are good if they make us understood. Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good. View quote
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One can advance a long time in life without aging. View quote
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To descend into ourselves, we must first lift ourselves up. View quote
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For in spite of ourselves we respect those whom we see respected. View quote
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To seek wisdom rather than truth. It is more within our grasp. (Joseph Joubert)
Neither in the arts, nor in logic, nor in life should an idea by in any way treated as a thing. View quote
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Divorce. Its existence and use should be determined only by the interests of the children. View quote
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Perhaps (and probably) it would be true to say that we cannot conceive of anything except what we can see in our minds. View quote
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Memory. - It is a mirror, that retains, and retains forever. Nothing is lost in it, nothing is erased. But it can be tarnished. And then one sees nothing in it. View quote
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