Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Passion Quotes, Tenderness Quotes

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

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

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

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.

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.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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....

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable of.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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

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