Joseph Joubert

Justice is the truth in action.

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

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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.

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them.