Joseph Joubert: Citations en anglais

Joseph Joubert était philosophe et essayiste français. Citations en anglais.
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“One must know how to enter the ideas of others and how to leave them. One must know how to leave one's own ideas and how to come back to them.”

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“There must be several voices together in one voice for it to be beautiful. And several meanings in one word for it to be beautiful.”

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“Genius begins beautiful works, but only labor finishes them.”

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Le génie commence les beaux ouvrages, mais le travail seul les achève.

“And perhaps there is no advice to give a writer more important than this: — Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure.”

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“Pride swells the brain. Vanity carries with it smoke, minds. Hatred tightens the heart. Love warms the lungs. Admiration stops the heart. We breathe through desire. We want to pump up all that delights, and dilates. Sadness is inaction. The love that comes from the blood, the love that comes from the soul.”

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“Once we have tasted the juice of words, our mind can no longer pass them by. We drink thought from them.”

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“All clear and transparent words appear to be beautiful sounds. Yes and no are not precisely clear words, but definite words. In clear words, there is more light than movement or attitude.”

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