Quotes by Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert

Joseph Joubert

French writer

Lived from: 1754 - 1824

Category: Writers (Contemporary) Country: FlagFrance

Born: 7 may 1754 Died: 4 may 1824

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

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  • Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
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  • Imagination is the eye of the soul.
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  • The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
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  • A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.
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  • Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
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  • Ask the young. They know everything.
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  • Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
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  • Chance generally favors the prudent.
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  • Children need models rather than critics.
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  • Drawing is speaking to the eye; talking is painting to the ear.
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  • Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.
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  • He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
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  • How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.
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  • It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle it without debate.
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  • Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
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  • Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
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  • Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.
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  • Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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  • One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
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  • Ornaments were invented by modesty.
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What are the most famous quotes from Joseph Joubert?

The two most famous quotes from Joseph Joubert are:

  • "Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them."
  • "Imagination is the eye of the soul."

When did Joseph Joubert live?

Joseph Joubert was born in 1754 and died in the year 1824.