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
writing letters six
Music has seven letters, writing has twenty-six notes
time youth young
Ask the young. They know everything.
country travel life-is
Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them.
agriculture kind excellent
Agriculture engenders good sense, and good sense of an excellent kind.
witty men wit
There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad.
inspirational business ambition
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
nature humorous profound
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
anger long-walks hiking
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
marriage wedding-anniversary men
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
meaningful flower humanity
Politeness is the flower of humanity.
math logic metaphysics
Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
powerful writing giving
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
spiritual soul world
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
innocence
Innocence is always unsuspicious.