Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it. Joseph Joubert More Quotes by Joseph Joubert More Quotes From Joseph Joubert Politeness smooths wrinkles. Joseph Joubert politeness smooth wrinkles Fear loves the idea of danger. Joseph Joubert fear-of-love fear ideas Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows. Joseph Joubert shadow light made Of what delights are we deprived by our excesses! Joseph Joubert deprived excess delight The soul that is the abode of chastity acquires an energy which enables her to surmount with ease the obstacles that lie along the path of duty. Joseph Joubert energy soul lying The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly. Joseph Joubert chastity supreme senses It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it. Joseph Joubert aspect deserve happiness In bringing up a child, think of its old age. Joseph Joubert age children thinking All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb. Joseph Joubert dumb mind people Tenderness is the rest of passion. Joseph Joubert tenderness passion Men must be either the slaves of duty, or the slaves of force. Joseph Joubert slave force men There is graciousness and a kind of urbanity in beginning with men by esteem and confidence. It proves, at least, that we have long lived in good company with others and with our selves. Joseph Joubert self-esteem men long We should do good whenever we can and do kindness at all times, for at all times we can. Joseph Joubert benevolence should kindness One day, a daughter of Aristotle, Pythias by name, was asked what color pleased her most. She replied, "The color with which modesty suffuses the face of simple, inoffensive men. Joseph Joubert daughter simple men Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another. Joseph Joubert chains-that-bind memorial iron Virtue is the health of the soul. It gives a flavor to the smallest leaves of life. Joseph Joubert flavor soul giving Of the two, I prefer those who render vice lovable to those who degrade virtue. Joseph Joubert virtue vices two There are some men who are witty when they are in a bad humor, and others only when they are sad. Joseph Joubert wit witty men Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience. Joseph Joubert audience wells surprise One can with dignity be wife and widow but once. Joseph Joubert widows dignity wife
