Quotes by Joseph Joubert

Justice is the truth in action.

#Justice

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people

#Mediocrity

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

#Misery

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

#Opinions

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

#Praise

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

#Past, #Trust

The aim of argument, or of discussion, should not be victory, but progress.

#Progress

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

#Poetry

Tenderness is the repose of Passion

#Passion, #Tenderness

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

#Admiration, #Mankind, #Thought

Superstition is the only religion of which base souls are capable

#Superstition