Genuine witticisms surprise those who say them as much as those who listen to them; they arise in us in spite of us, or, at least, without our participation,--like everything inspired. Joseph Joubert More Quotes by Joseph Joubert More Quotes From Joseph Joubert A false mind is false in everything, just as a cross eye always looks askant. But one may err once, nay, a hundred times, without being double-minded. There can never be mental duplicity where there is sincerity. Joseph Joubert double-minded duplicity eye Eyes raised toward heaven are always beautiful, whatever they be. Joseph Joubert eye beautiful beauty Imagination is the eye of the soul. Joseph Joubert eye inspirational life Combien de gens se font abstraits pour para?tre profonds! La plupart des termes abstraits sont des ombres qui cachent des vides. How many people become abstract in order to appear profound! Most abstract terms are shadows that conceal a void. Joseph Joubert profound order people Men have torn up the roads which led to Heaven, and which all the world followed; now we have to make our own ladders. Joseph Joubert men heaven religion Today there are no more irreconcilable enmities, because there are no more disinterested emotions: that's a good thing born from a bad thing. Joseph Joubert enmity emotion today There are single thoughts that contain the essence of a whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of a large work. Joseph Joubert sentences volume essence One should choose for a wife only such a woman as he would choose for a friend, were she a man. Joseph Joubert marriage wife men All good verses are like impromptus made at leisure. Joseph Joubert verses leisure made The mind is the atmosphere of the soul. Joseph Joubert atmosphere soul mind What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight. Joseph Joubert sunlight anticipation truth In really good acting we should be able to believe that what we hear and see is of our own imagining; it should seem to be to us as a charming dream. Joseph Joubert acting dream believe No one is mediocre who has good sense and good sentiments. Joseph Joubert sentiments intelligence mediocre National literature begins with fables and ends with novels. Joseph Joubert fables ends literature In these times gain is not only a matter of greed, but of ambition. Joseph Joubert greed ambition matter Think that day lost whose descending sun, views from thy hand no noble action done. Joseph Joubert views hands thinking Remorse is the punishment of crime; repentance, its expiation. The former appertains to a tormented conscience; the latter to a soul changed for the better. Joseph Joubert punishment crime soul The essence of life consists in thinking, and being conscious of one's soul. Joseph Joubert essence soul thinking Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself. Joseph Joubert ambition writing book Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument. Joseph Joubert transport instruments doe
