401 Quotes by Joseph Joubert

Old age deprives the intelligent man only of qualities useless to wisdom.

I've discovered that in order to make big changes in the world, we have to begin at home -- within ourselves

Be saving, but not at the cost of all liberality. Have the soul of a king and the hand of a wise economist.

Taste is the literary conscience of the soul.

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

Words, like glasses, obscure everything they do not make clear. Before using a fine word, make a place for it.

The joy which is caused by truth and noble thoughts shows itself in the words by which they are expressed.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their own

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.