401 Quotes by Joseph Joubert

When you go in search of honey, you must expect to be stung by bees.

Those for whom the world is not enough: saints, conquerors, poets, and all lovers of books.

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

لا أحب الكتب الجديدة .. أنها تمنعني من قراءة الكتب القديمة

The paper is patient, but the reader is not.

Everything has its poetry. 94

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

It is not my words that I polish, but my ideas. 102

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.