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Joseph Roux [1834-1905] French
Rank: 106
Clergyman


Poetry, Happiness, Alone, Brainy, Experience, Friendship, Peace, Wisdom

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When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing. Happiness
101
We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence. Friendship, Peace
102
Solitude vivifies; isolation kills. Alone
103
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.
104
Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. Experience, Wisdom
105
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
106
A fine quotation is a diamond in the hand of a man of wit and a pebble in the hand of a fool. Brainy
107
Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad.
108
There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.
109
Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. Poetry
110
It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.
111
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. Happiness
112
Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.
113
There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them.
114
Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. Poetry
115
Science is for those who learn, poetry is for those who know. Poetry
116

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