Joseph Joubert Quotes (25 quotes)

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„You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.“
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„The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.“
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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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„There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.“
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„The passions of the young are vices in the old.“
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„Never cut what you can untie.“
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„Imagination is the eye of the soul.“
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„All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.“
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„Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.“
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„When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.“
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„He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.“
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„Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.“
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„To teach is to learn twice.“
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„It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.“
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„Children need models rather than critics.“
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„One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.“
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„Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.“
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„The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.“
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„Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.“
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„You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.“
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Joseph Joubert
Author born: May 07, 1754
Author died: May 04, 1824
Nationality: French
Author Profession: Writer

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