When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Mankind Quotes, Understanding Quotes

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

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

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

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

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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...

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

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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

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.

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

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

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....

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...

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...

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

Highly developed spirits often encounter resistance from mediocre minds.

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might...