Author: Joseph Joubert

Quotes

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

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

- Joseph Joubert

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

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

- Joseph Joubert

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

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

- Joseph Joubert

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

- Joseph Joubert

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

- Joseph Joubert

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other.

- Joseph Joubert

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

- Joseph Joubert

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

- Joseph Joubert

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

- Joseph Joubert

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