More from Joseph Joubert

  1. How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a v…
  2. In bringing up a child, think of its old age.
  3. He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.
  4. In order to be happy, think of the ills you have been spared.
  5. He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
  6. Innocence is always unsuspicious.
  7. Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, be…
  8. It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.

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