One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the...

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

Be charitable and indulge to everyone, but thyself.

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...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I shut my eyes in order to see.

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...

I must confess that my imagination refuses to see any sort of submarine doing anything...