401 Quotes by Joseph Joubert

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

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve

Whence? Whither? Why? How? These questions cover all philosophy.

Genuinely good remarks surprise their author as well as his audience.

Children need role models rather than critics.

When one has too great a dread of what is impending, one feels some relief when the trouble has come.

Genius begins with great works; labor alone finishes them.

Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes them.