The chief cause of our misery is less the violence of our passions than the feebleness of our virtues. Philibert Joseph Roux More Quotes by Philibert Joseph Roux More Quotes From Philibert Joseph Roux Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm. Philibert Joseph Roux enthusiasm Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word. Philibert Joseph Roux taken meditation Persons of delicate taste endure stupid criticism better than they do stupid praise. Philibert Joseph Roux criticism taste stupid Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions. Philibert Joseph Roux emotional emotion feelings I look at what I have not and think myself unhappy; others look at what I have and think me happy. Philibert Joseph Roux happiness inspirational thinking There is a slowness in affairs which ripens them, and a slowness which rots them. Philibert Joseph Roux slowness affair patience 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. Philibert Joseph Roux true-friend friendship father Everything that is exquisite hides itself. Philibert Joseph Roux exquisite modesty Literature was formerly an art and finance a trade; today it is the reverse. Philibert Joseph Roux business literature art Interest, ambition, fortune, time, temper, love, all kill friendship. Philibert Joseph Roux ambition fortune friendship Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated. Philibert Joseph Roux duty men There are people who laugh to show their fine teeth; and there are those who cry to show their good hearts. Philibert Joseph Roux heart laughing people The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least ready to pardon in another. Philibert Joseph Roux pardon forgiveness might We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves. Philibert Joseph Roux concern conscious persons Our experience is composed rather of illusions lost than of wisdom acquired. Philibert Joseph Roux illusion experience lost Certain names always awake certain prejudices. Philibert Joseph Roux prejudice certain names Friendship is the ideal; friends are the reality; reality always remains far apart from the ideal. Philibert Joseph Roux remains friends reality We want our friend as a man of talent, less because he has talent than because he is our friend. Philibert Joseph Roux friends want men Not all of those to whom we do good love us, neither do all those to whom we do evil hate us. Philibert Joseph Roux good-love hate evil Education, properly understood, is that which teaches discernment. Philibert Joseph Roux teach understood educational
