Joseph Joubert idézet

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„A szép műveket a tehetség kezdi meg, de csakis a munka fejezi be.”

„Azok, akik soha nem vonják vissza véleményüket, jobban szeretik önmagukat, mint az igazságot.”

„Az igazsághoz a költészeten át érkeztem, a költészethez az igazságon át.”

„Amikor kész a mondatod, gondosan csiszold le sarkait és sajátos öntőformád többi nyomát. Le kell kerekítened, hogy könnyebben férkőzhessen be mások elméjébe és emlékezetébe.”

„Ha nem tudod, melyik az igazabb két nézet közül, válaszd a becsületesebbet.”

„Feleségnek csak azt a nőt válaszd, akit, ha férfi volna, barátnak választanál.”

„A homályos szó némelykor jobb a szabatos kifejezésnél.”

„Egy kellemes benyomás, ha rövid: gyönyör, ha hosszú: kéj, ha állandó: elégedettség.”

„Mindig elveszítjük azoknak a barátságát, akik elvesztették megbecsülésünket.”

„Az illúzió szerves része a valóságnak, oly szorosan hozzátartozik, mint az okozat az okhoz.”

“Speak more softly to be better heard by a deaf public.”

“When I see young people such as those of our day, I think that Heaven wishes to destroy the world.”

“This poetic nudity within words.”

“Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.”

“A person who is never duped cannot be a friend.”

“He must not cultivate his friends, but cultivate his friendships within himself. They must be kept, cared for, watered.”

“The voice is an aid to intelligence.”

“To teach is to learn twice over.”

“You want to explain everything by the facts that are known to you. But the facts that are not known to you? What do they say?”

“Fear feeds the imagination.”

“What we say is similar to what we are.”

“Sloth waiting for inspiration.”

“Man loves what is small; and he loves what is big, through the same weakness.”

“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.”

“Speak for the ear and write for the memory.”

“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.”

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

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

“All beautiful words are susceptible to more than one meaning (or signification).”

“When men are imbeciles, the one who is mad dominates the others.”

“The direction of the mind is more important than its progress.”

“All things that are easy to say have already been perfectly said.”

“Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.”

“The number of books is infinite.”

“The good is worth more than the best.”

“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.”

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

“One must be an illusionary rather than a visionary.”

“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.”