27 Quotes by Joseph Roux

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

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

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

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite expressions.

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

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

There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them

Philosophers call God ''the great unknown'' ''The great misknown'' is more like it!

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