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Joseph Joubert (born May 7, 1754 in Montignac, Prigord and died May 4, 1824 in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne) was a French moralist and essayist, remembered today largely for his Penses published posthumously. · Can we improve this biography? Write us your version

"Without duty, life is sort of boneless; it cannot hold itself together."

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"We do not do well except when we know where the best is and when we are assured that we have touched it and hold its power within us."

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"Chance generally favors the prudent."

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"He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength."

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"Ambition is pitiless. Any merit that it cannot use it finds despicable."

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"The mind's direction is more important than its progress."

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"We always believe God is like ourselves, the indulgent think him indulgent and the stern, terrible."

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"Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms. This is true of bodies; but when we speak of feelings, beauty is in their spirituality, and grace in their moderation."

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"There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray."

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"Our ideals, like pictures, are made from lights and shadows."

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