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

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.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

God has commanded Time to console the unhappy

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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

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

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.

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

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...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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...

To teach is to learn twice.

To teach is to learn twice.

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

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the...

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right...

Summer is the time when one sheds one's tensions with one's clothes, and the right...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...

Let us talk sense to the American people. Let us tell them the truth, that...