Joseph Roux quotes

Joseph Roux was a French Catholic priest, poet, and diarist, best known for his collection "Meditations of a Parish Priest." His aphorisms and reflections offer insight into human nature and spirituality. He is remembered for his thoughtful verses and enduring literary legacy. Here are 18 of his quotes:

A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool. (Joseph Roux)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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It is a very rare thing for a man of talent to succeed by his talent. View quote
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The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another. View quote
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The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the happiness one has unbearable. View quote
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Science is for those who learn; poetry, for those who know. View quote
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Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained. View quote
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Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. View quote
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When unhappy, one doubts everything when happy one doubts nothing. View quote
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Solitude vivifies, isolation kills. (Joseph Roux)
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. View quote
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Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions. View quote
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There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts. View quote
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Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions. View quote
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Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or false, and passion, good or bad. View quote
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There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. View quote
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Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes. View quote
Joseph Roux

Joseph Roux

Occupation: French Clergyman
Born: April 19, 1834
Died: February 6, 1905
Quotes count: 18
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