Quote #70

The worst thing about new books is that they keep us from reading the old ones.

More from Joseph Joubert

  1. The talkative man speaks from his mouth, the eloquent man speaks from his heart.
  2. There are single thoughts that contain the essence of the whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of large work.
  3. The purpose of a liberal education is to make one's mind a pleasant place to spend one's leisure.
  4. There are some minds like either convex or concave mirrors, which represent objects such as they receive them, but never receive them as th…
  5. The passions of the young are vices in the old.
  6. There is a physical weakness which stems from mental ability, and a mental weakness which comes from physical ability.
  7. The pain of dispute exceeds by much its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf I am dumb.
  8. There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.

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