Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Pensées (Thoughts), which were published posthumously.
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Trending topics shown first"Few minds are spacious; few even have an empty place in them or can offer some vacant point. Almost all have narrow capacities and are filled by some knowledge that blocks them up. What a torture to t…"
"The important business of man is life, and the important business of life is death."
"When we find what we have been looking for, we don't have time to say it. We must die."
"We are afraid of having and showing a small mind and we are not afraid of having and showing a small heart."
"When I see young people such as those of our day, I think that Heaven wishes to destroy the world."
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1754
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