“An oratorical style often has the same drawbacks as those operas in which the music prevents you from hearing the words. Here the words prevent you from seeing the thoughts.”
Joseph Joubert
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“A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.”

Joseph Joubert

“لا أحب الكتب الجديدة .. أنها تمنعني من قراءة الكتب القديمة”

Joseph Joubert

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

Joseph Joubert

“We comprehend the earth only when we have known heaven. Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.”

Joseph Joubert

“Some find activity only in repose, and others repose only in movement.”

Joseph Joubert