Joseph Joubert Quotes


We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us.


Citations

Joubert, Joseph. Joubert: A Selection from His Thoughts. Translated by Katharine Lyttelton, Duckworth, 1898, p. 145.

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Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
  • Born: May 7, 1754
  • Died: May 4, 1824
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Writer

Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.