Joseph Joubert

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of read more

A maxim is the exact and noble expression of an important and indisputable truth. Good maxims are the germs of all excellence; when firmly fixed on the memory, they nourish the will.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

Monuments are the grappling-irons that bind one generation to another.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love truth.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

Questions show the mind's range, and answers its subtlety.

Children have more need of models than critics.

Children have more need of models than critics.