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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Time Quotes, Truth Quotes

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

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

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...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the...

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

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

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

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

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...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

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

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

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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....

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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.

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.

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

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