Joseph Joubert

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them…

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet…

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you…

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for…

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet…

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners beauty in the nude, and in forms…

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of…

Imagination is the eye of the soul…

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you…

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he…

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve…

Justice is the truth in action…

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk…

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the…

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth…