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
fighting battle fists
Fight your battles with words, not fists
goodbye saying-goodbye forever
I wonder how you say goodbye to someone forever?
thinking people want
Some people say that success equals money, but frankly, I don't think success is money at all ... Success is being the best at whatever you want to do well at.
home order world
I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves
obscure words
Words, like glasses, obscure everything which they do not make clear.
love kindness women
A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
anticipation sunlight
What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.
innocence
Innocence is always unsuspicious.
genius invisible paint
Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things that have no features
simplicity
Everything that is exact is short.
spurs morality curb
Know that morality is a curb, not a spur.
wrinkles smooth politeness
Politeness smooths wrinkles.
bees reason usefulness
Reason is a bee, and exists only on what it makes; his usefulness takes the place of beauty.
excellence germs maxims
Good maxims are the germs of all excellence.