Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubertwas a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées, which was published posthumously...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth7 May 1754
CountryFrance
Joseph Joubert quotes about
unhappy unhappiness consolation
God has commanded Time to console the unhappy
truth
You arrive at truth through poetry; I arrive at poetry through truth.
philosophy
Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.
education lax cold
Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.
doe instruments transport
Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.
play ideas clarity
Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good. One must know how to enter the ideas of others and how to leave them.
beauty beautiful eye
Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be.
success reflection men
Success serves men as a pedestal. It makes them seem greater when not measured by reflection.
gold coins use
In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.
dance work live-life
Work like you don't need the money.
punishment soul crime
Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better.
enmity today emotion
Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing.
beautiful genius labor
Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.
justice
Justice is the right of the weakest.