Joseph Joubert

One must be an illusionary rather than a visionary.

It is not simply a matter of distinguishing between good and evil, but also of not confusing what is laughable with what is not. To make laughable what is not is in some way to make bad what was good.

All gardeners live in beautiful places because they make them so.

What is promised to you in dreams is given to you in dreams!

Man loves what is small; and he loves what is big, through the same weakness.

A person who is never duped cannot be a friend.

All clear and transparent words appear to be beautiful sounds. Yes and no are not precisely clear words, but definite words. In clear words, there is more light than movement or attitude.

What we say is similar to what we are.

I did not have good eyes nor light in my mind that day.

The important business of man is life, and the important business of life is death.

I don't like to write anything down on paper that I would not say to myself.

Those who never back down love themselves more than they love the truth.