100 ordspråk av Joseph Joubert
Joseph Joubert
 The essential thing is not that there be many truths in a work, but that no truth be abused. |
| The evening of a well-spent life brings its lamps with it. |
| The man of imagination who is untrained (unlearned, uneducated, undisciplined) has wings and no feet. |
| The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight |
| The mind's direction is more important than its progress. |
| The passions of the young are vices in the old. |
| There are single thoughts that contain the essence of the whole volume, single sentences that have the beauties of large work |
| There are some minds like either convex or concave mirrors, which represent objects such as they receive them, but never receive them as they are |
| There is a physical weakness which stems from mental ability, and a mental weakness which comes from physical ability |
| There is always some frivolity in excellent minds; they have wings to rise, but also stray. |
| There is an admiration which is the daughter of knowledge |
| There was a time when the world acted on books; now books act on the world. |
| They are like the clue in the labyrinth, or the compass in the night |
| Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth. |
| Through memory we travel against time, through forgetfulness we follow its course. |
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Proverb (1469548 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
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Born (10495 st)
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Dates (9517 st)
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Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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