You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Quote by Joseph Joubert

Topics: Joseph Joubert Quotes

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

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

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

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

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

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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...

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

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...

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.

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

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

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

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

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

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.

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.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.