Quotes by Joubert, Joseph

Chance generally favors the prudent. >>

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is >>

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them. >>

Quotations about Mystery

What am I, Life? A thing of watery salt held in cohesion by unresting >>

There is something precious in our being mysteries to ourselves, in ou >>

Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is my >>

How many people make themselves abstract to appear profound. The most useful part of abstract terms are the shadows they create to hide a vacuum.

Joubert, Joseph