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

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Time Quotes, Truth Quotes

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

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 begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

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

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

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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...

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...

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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

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

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.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

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.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

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

Neither blame or praise yourself.

Neither blame or praise yourself.

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise

It is easy to flatter; it is harder to praise