Quote #93
What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.
More from Joseph Joubert
- We shall always keep a spare corner in our heads to give passing hospitality to our friends' opinion.
- What is true by lamplight is not always true by sunlight.
- We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
- When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it.
- We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own.
- When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.
- We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.
- Who ever has no fixed opinions has no constant feelings.