“In every kind of debauch there enters much coldness of soul. It is a conscious and voluntary abuse of pleasure.”Joseph Joubert
“Conversation. — Because they have many of those ideas that, to be shown, have need of eyes, gestures, voice, a whole multitude of signs that the written word does not accompany. One sees the soul in operation.”Joseph Joubert
“The great inconvenience of new books is that they prevent us from reading the old ones.”Joseph Joubert
“Undoubtedly, philosophy caused the Revolution. But what caused philosophy? Theological arrogance.”Joseph Joubert
“Stars more beautiful to the eyes than the telescope that robs them of their illusions.”Joseph Joubert
“Without fixed ideas, no fixed feelings. (Whoever has no constant opinions has no constant emotions.)”Joseph Joubert