The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Joseph Joubert Quotes

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...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

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...

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

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

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness it is usually returned

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.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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

We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.

We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

There may be a time in life when one is tired of everything and feels...

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it...

He who sees the truth, let him proclaim it, without asking who is for it...