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

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

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

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

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...

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

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.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

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.

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

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

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.

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...

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

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

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

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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

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

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...

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.

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

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