Tormented by the cursed ambition always to put a whole book in a page, a whole page in a sentence, and this sentence in a word. I am speaking of myself.
Joseph JoubertMan is born with the faculty of speech. Who gives it to him? He who gives the bird its song.
Joseph JoubertCriticism even should not be without its charms. When quite devoid of all amenities, it is no longer literary.
Joseph Joubert