It is always our inabilities that irritate us.
[Ce sont toujours nos impuissances qui nous irritent.]
Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French moralist, philosopher, essayist, poet
Pensées [Thoughts], ch. 5 “Des Passions et des Affections de l’Âme [On the Soul], ¶ 29 (1850 ed.) [tr. Calvert (1866)]
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(Source (French)). Alternate translations:Our worries always come from our weaknesses.
[tr. Attwell (1896), ¶ 65]It is always our incapacities that irritate us.
[tr. Lyttelton (1899), ch. 4, ¶ 19]It is always our inabilities that vex us.
[tr. Collins (1928), ch. 5]
Quotations about:
ineptitude
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Many are saved from sin by being so inept at it.
Mignon McLaughlin (1913-1983) American journalist and author
The Neurotic’s Notebook, ch. 8 (1963)
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Yes, the bad-lawyer felony is the leading cause of the death penalty in Texas. The single most dangerous thing you can be in Texas is poor.
Molly Ivins (1944-2007) American writer, political columnist [Mary Tyler Ivins]
Essay (1997-06-10), Creators Syndicate column
