Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about emotions, writers, pleasure
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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.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about imagination
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about marriage, woman, man
Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about superstitions, religion
The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.
Quote 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.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, common sense, sense, man
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about progress, mind
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about pain, mind
There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about books, world, time
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
Quote 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.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about safety, present, wish, past, future, respect
Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.
Quote by Joseph Joubert about world
