Joseph Joubert ( 10 of 29 )
Children have more need of models than critics.
Children have more need of models than critics.
He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.
He who has imagination without learning has wings and no feet.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
Be charitable and indulgent to everyone but thyself.
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
Kindness is loving people more than they deserve.
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
Without duty, life is soft and boneless; it cannot hold itself together.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Chance generally favors the prudent.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable.
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great read more
The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in the sense that all great books are divine which teach men how to live righteously.
