Maxioms by Joseph Joubert
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.
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.
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.
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.
