401 Quotes by Joseph Joubert

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

Strength is natural, but grace is the growth of habit. This charming quality requires practice if it is to become lasting.

Nothing which does not transport is poetry. The lyre is a winged instrument.

Children must be rendered reasonable, but not reasoners. The first thing to teach them is that it is reasonable for them to obey, and unreasonable for them to dispute.

The art of saying well what one thinks is different from the faculty of thinking. The latter may be very deep and lofty and far- reaching, while the former is altogether wanting.

Education should be gentle and stern, not cold and lax.

The supreme sway of chastity over the senses makes her queenly.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.