False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated — Joseph Joubert
It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question without debating it. — Joseph Joubert
Love and fear. Everything the father of a family says must inspire one or the other. — Joseph Joubert
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. — Joseph Joubert
Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. — Joseph Joubert
We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for the safety of the future. — Joseph Joubert