JOSEPH JOUBERT, Pensées

There never was a literary age whose dominant taste was not sickly; the success of excellent authors consists in making wholesome works agreeable to morbid tastes.

JOUBERT, attributed, Day's Collacon

If fortune wishes to make a man respectable, she gives him virtues; if she wishes to make him respected, she gives him success.

JOSEPH JOUBERT, attributed, 20,000 Quips & Quotes

Slander is the solace of malignity.

JOSEPH JOUBERT, Some of the Thoughts of Joseph Joubert

Mediocrity is excellent to the eyes of mediocre people.

JOSEPH JOUBERT, Pensées of Joubert

God multiplies intelligence, which communicates itself, like fire, ad infinitum; light a thousand torches at one touch, the flame remains always the same.

JOSEPH JOUBERT, attributed, Day's Collacon

In the commerce of language use only coin of gold and silver.

JOSEPH JOUBERT, attributed, Day's Collacon