Joseph Joubert: Wording (page 2)

Joseph Joubert was French moralist and essayist. Explore interesting quotes on wording.
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“Abuse of words, foundation of ideology.”

Joseph Joubert

“All ways of expressing ourselves are good if they make us understood. Thus, if the clarity of our thoughts comes through better in a play of words, then the wordplay is good.”

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“Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.”

Joseph Joubert
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