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Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant."

Beautiful works do not intoxicate, but they enchant.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come."

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them."

Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes"

Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve."

Never be sad for what is over, just be glad it was once yours. Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Space is to place as eternity is to time."

Space is to place as eternity is to time.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear."

Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting."

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible."

We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them."

Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Chance generally favors the prudent."

Chance generally favors the prudent.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty."

Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.




Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has."

Truth consists of having the same idea about something that God has.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first."

The last word should be the last word. It is like a finishing touch given to color; there is nothing more to add. But what precaution is needed in order not to put the last word first.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Before you use a fancy word, make room for it."

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



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting."

Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Logic works, metaphysics contemplates."

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile."

When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings."

Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures."

Truth takes the stamp of the souls it enters. It is rigorous and rough in arid souls, but tempers and softens itself in loving natures.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be."

Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre."

Mediocrity is excellence in the eyes of the mediocre.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows."

Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven, that taught us to walk in the path of duty."

Religion must be loved as a kind of country and nursing-mother. It was religion that nourished our virtues, that showed us heaven, that taught us to walk in the path of duty.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?"

Which is more misshapen,--religion without virtue, or virtue without religion?



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself."

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!"

How many weak shoulders have craved heavy burdens!



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball."

A thought is a thing as real as a cannonball.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "God has commanded Time to console the afflicted."

God has commanded Time to console the afflicted.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge."

There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Innocence is always unsuspicious."

Innocence is always unsuspicious.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason."

The early and the latter part of human life are the best, or, at least, the most worthy of respect; the one as the age of innocence, the other of reason.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking."

We live in an age in which superfluous ideas abound and essential ideas are lacking.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Slander is the solace of malignity."

Slander is the solace of malignity.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared."

In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Good maxims are the germs of all excellence."

Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments."

The sound of the drum drives out thought; for that very reason it is the most military of instruments.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "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.]"

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 Quotes: "Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy"

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it."

Fully to understand a grand and beautiful thought requires, perhaps, as much time as to conceive it.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Old age was naturally more honored in times when people could not know much more than what they had seen."

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



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts."

The ordinary true, or purely real, cannot be the object of the arts. Illusion on a ground of truth,--that is the secret of the fine arts.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Xenophon wrote with a swan's quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucydides with a brazen stylus."

Xenophon wrote with a swan's quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucydides with a brazen stylus.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "What a man knows only through feeling can be explained only through enthusiasm."

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



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Justice is the truth in action."

Justice is the truth in action.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of."

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones."

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



Joseph Joubert Quotes: "Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy."

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