Life is a country that the old have seen, and lived in. Those who have to travel through it can only learn from them. Joseph Joubert More Quotes by Joseph Joubert More Quotes From Joseph Joubert The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously. Joseph Joubert menbookreligion Virtue by calculation is the virtue of vice. Joseph Joubert calculationsvirtuevices I think reading is a gift. It was a gift that was given to me as a child by many people, and now as an adult and a writer, I'm trying to give a little of it back to others. It's one of the greatest pleasures I know." Ann M. Martin Joseph Joubert readingbookchildren To reason, to argue. It is to walk with crutches in search of the truth. We come to it with a leap. Joseph Joubert hikingjourneyarguing The Bible is to religion what the Iliad is to poetry Joseph Joubert iliadreligion Ideas never lack for words. It is words that lack ideas. Joseph Joubert degreesperfectionideas Speech is but the incorporation of thought. Joseph Joubert incorporationspeech Man is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song. Joseph Joubert songgivingmen Every modulated sound is not a song, and every voice that executes a beautiful air does not sing. Singing should enchant. But to produce this effect there must be a quality of soul and voice which is by no means common even with great singers. Joseph Joubert songbeautifulmean Slander is the solace of malignity. Joseph Joubert solaceslander When my friends lack an eye, I look at them in profile. Joseph Joubert eyefriendshiplooks The breath of the mind is attention. Joseph Joubert breathsmindattention I love prudence very little, if it is not moral. Joseph Joubert prudencemorallittles Let your cry be for free souls rather than for freedom. Moral liberty is the only important liberty. Joseph Joubert freedomimportantsoul The passions should be purged; all may become innocent if they are well directed and moderated. Even hatred maybe a commendable feeling when it is caused by a lively love of good. Whatever makes the passions pure, makes them stronger, more durable, and more enjoyable. Joseph Joubert passionhatredfeelings It is always our inabilities that vex us. Joseph Joubert vexinabilityability A temperate style is alone classical. Joseph Joubert style We may convince others by our arguements, but we can only persuade them by their own Joseph Joubert convincemay When we love, it is the heart that judges. Joseph Joubert judgingheartlove To see the world is to judge the judges. Joseph Joubert judgingworldtravel
