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Joseph Joubert Quotes - Page 12

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Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.

Moderation consists in being moved as angels are moved.

Angel, Moderation, Moved

Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.60

To the liberal ideas of the age must be opposed the moral ideas of all ages.

Ideas, Age, Moral

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Religion is neither a theology nor a theosophy; it is more than that, it is a discipline, a law, a yoke, an indissoluble engagement.

Law, Discipline, Religion

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.

Book, Reading, Soul

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Xenophon wrote with a swan's quill, Plato with a pen of gold, and Thucydides with a brazen stylus.

Plato, Swans, Style

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

Ornaments were invented by modesty.

Ornaments, Modesty

Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.64

Let us be men with men, and always children before God; for in His eyes we are but children. Old age itself, in presence of eternity, is but the first moment of a morning.

Morning, Children, Eye

Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.33

Think of the ills from which you are exempt.

Thinking

Joseph Joubert (1867). “Some of the "Thoughts" of Joseph Joubert”, p.91

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

Philosophy

Grief - Happiness is to feel that one's soul is good; there is no other, in truth, and this kind of happiness may exist even in sorrow, so that there are griefs perfable to every joy, and such as would be preferred by all those who have felt them.

Grief, Joy, Soul

Antiquity! I like its ruins better than its reconstructions.

Ruins, Reconstruction, Antiquity

Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent.

Energy, Talent, Muscles

Space is the stature of God.

God, Space, Star Gazing

Joseph Joubert (1928). “Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert”

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.

Beautiful, Song, Mean

Joseph Joubert (1896). “Pensées of Joubert”

In temperance there is ever cleanliness and elegance.

Cleanliness, Elegance, Temperance

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