French - Writer | May 7, 1754 - May 4, 1824
Never cut what you can untie.
Joseph Joubert
WisdomYouNeverCut
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.
FutureRespectPastSafetyPresent
The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.
BestWalkAngerShortLongTemper
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.
LoveTruthOpinionsMoreNeverWho
The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.
ProgressMindDirectionImportant
You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.
PoetryYouFindWillBringSome
Misery is almost always the result of thinking.
ThinkingResultAlwaysMiseryAlmost
Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.
FriendMarriageWomanManChooseHe
He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.
LearningImaginationFeetWingsWho
Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.
EveryoneIndulgeThyselfCharitable
Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.
LogicWorksMetaphysics
The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.
PainMindDelightForthBrings
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