Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Genius Quotes

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

Time and truth are friends, though there are many moments hostile to truth

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

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

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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

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

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.

Words, like glass, obscure when they do not aid vision.