Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about emotions, writers, pleasure, contentment
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44 quotes by Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert - french writer
Was born on 07 may 1754.
Died on 04 may 1824, at 69 years old.
Died on 04 may 1824, at 69 years old.
Origin country: France
One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about imagination
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about marriage, woman, man, contentment
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about superstitions, religion
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about victory, progress
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.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about books, common sense, sense, man
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about progress, mind
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about pain, mind
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about books, world, time
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about love, truth
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about safety, present, wish, past, future, respect
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about contentment
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
JQuote by Joseph Joubert about world
