Joseph Roux Quotes

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Like those statues which must be made larger than "nature" in order that, viewed from below, or from a distance, they may appear to be of the "natural" size, certain truths must be "strained" in order that the public may form a just idea of them.

Joseph Roux
Since unhappiness excites interest, many, in order to render themselves interesting, feign unhappiness.

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It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent.

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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.

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The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable.

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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

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God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

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The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another.

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Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know.

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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

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Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.

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Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.

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To put forth thoughts - therein lies my consolation, my delight, my life. I too would exclaim, in another sense, "I think, therefore I am! "

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"Time restores all things." Wrong! Time restores many things, but eternity alone restores all.

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"Thoughts" are fruits; words are leaves. Let us strip off the leaves! let us strip off the leaves! in order that thought, thus exposed to the light, may gain strength, beauty, and flavor.

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