Joseph Joubert
Quotes
The soul speaks to itself in parables.
Because they know all the words, they think they know all the truths.
All reflection is art.
Genius is the aptitude for seeing invisible things, for stirring intangible things, for painting things that have no features.
It's not mental repose they seek, but mental laziness.
There are many situations in life that we suddenly feel we have seen in dreams.
Everything that is exact is short.
One can advance a long time in life without aging.
Enter oneself (we say). When one enters oneself, one sees God.
Let us look to beautiful poetry for the material of a beautiful prose.
To judge things of taste, we must give ourselves time to taste them.
Does talent have any need of passions? Yes, of many passions — repressed.
