Quote #79
Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course.
More from Joseph Joubert
- Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.
- Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth.
- They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night.
- To be an agreeable guest one need only enjoy oneself.
- There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world.
- To be capable of respect is almost as rare as to be worthy of it.
- There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge.
- To see the world is to judge the judges.