Joseph Joubert Quotes

When my friends lack an eye I look at them in profile.

All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

About Author

Joseph Joubert (French: [ʒozɛf ʒubɛʁ]; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

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, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation.

Whence? wither? why? how? - these questions cover all philosophy.

Think that day lost whose descending sun views from thy hand no noble action done.

It is an aspect of all happiness to suppose that we deserve it.