Joseph Joubert Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Joseph Joubert quotes, Joseph Joubert sayings, and Joseph Joubert proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved. Joseph Joubert
Children need models rather than critics. Joseph Joubert
Slander is the solace of malignity. Joseph Joubert
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth. Joseph Joubert
The paper is patient, but the reader is not. Joseph Joubert
God has commanded Time to console the unhappy Joseph Joubert
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress. Joseph Joubert
Young authors give their brains much exercise and little food. Joseph Joubert
Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience. Joseph Joubert
When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come. Joseph Joubert
Politeness is the flower of humanity. Joseph Joubert
Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy. Joseph Joubert
Professional critics are incapable of distinguishing and appreciating either diamonds in the rough or gold in bars. They are traders, and in literature know only the coins that are current. Their critical lab has scales and weights, but neither crucible or touchstone. Joseph Joubert
All luxury corrupts either the morals or the taste. Joseph Joubert
Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them. Joseph Joubert
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of. Joseph Joubert
Taste is the literary conscience of the soul. Joseph Joubert
Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows. Joseph Joubert
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. Joseph Joubert
The punishment of those who have loved women too much is to love them always. Joseph Joubert
Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. Joseph Joubert
Politeness smooths wrinkles. Joseph Joubert
The voice is a human sound which nothing inanimate can perfectly imitate. It has an authority and an insinuating property which writing lacks. It is not merely so much air, but air modulated and impregnated with life. Joseph Joubert
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart. Joseph Joubert
One can with dignity be wife and widow but once. Joseph Joubert
The ways suited to confidence are familiar to me, but not those that are suited to familiarity. Joseph Joubert
The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart. Joseph Joubert
You have to be like the pebble in the stream, keeping the grain and rolling along without being dissolved or dissolving anything else. Joseph Joubert
To teach is to learn twice. Joseph Joubert
Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be. Joseph Joubert