Joseph Joubert (1754-1824)

Quotes

• Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

• It is an aspect of happiness to suppose we all deserve it.

• Never cut what you can untie.

• The pain of dispute exceeds, by much, its utility. All disputation makes the mind deaf, and when people are deaf I am dumb.

• The mind's direction is more important than its progress.

• Children have more need of models than of critics.