Source: Pensées of Joubert
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Famous Joseph Joubert Quotes
“Order is to arrangement what the soul is to the body, and what mind is to matter.”
Source: Pensées of Joubert
Source: Some of the
“All disputation makes the mind deaf; and when people are deaf, I am dumb.”
Source: Some of the
Source: Some of the
“We measure minds by their stature; it would be better to esteem them by their beauty.”
“What can one possibly introduce into a mind that is already full, and full of itself?”
“What can you possibly add to a mind that's full, especially one that's full of itself.”
“The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.”
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“Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.”
“Some superior minds are unrecognized because there is no standard by which to weigh them.”
Source: Pensées and letters of Joseph Joubert
“There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray.”
“The idea of the nest in the bird's mind, where does it come from?”
“The mind is the atmosphere of the soul.”
Source: Pensées of Joubert