Quotes by : Joseph Joubert

Never cut what you can untie.

Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself.

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies;....

A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

Genius begins great works labor alone finishes it.

When my friends lack an eye I look at them in profile.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he were a woman.

Be charitable and indulgent to every one but thyself.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future.....