Quotes from Joseph Roux

At first we hope too much later on not enough.

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

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts.

Success causes us to be more praised than known.

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

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

In youth one has tears without grief; in age, griefs without tears

What is experience? A poor little hut constructed from the ruins of the palace of gold and marble called our illusions

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

When unhappy, one doubts everything; when happy, one doubts nothing

I look at what I have and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy

Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade: today it is the reverse.

The Holy Scriptures praise the dew of the morning and the dew of the evening; ros matutinum, ros serotinum! Happy is he who possesses the gift of tears! when young, he will bear flowers; when old, fruit!

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

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

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

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

What is love? two souls and one flesh; friendship? two bodies and one soul.

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

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.

Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.