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

Quote by Joseph Roux

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that...

Every large family has its angels and its demon.

Every large family has its angels and its demon.

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

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

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or...

Reason guides but a small part of man, and the rest obeys feeling, true or...

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

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

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

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

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

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

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills

Evil often triumphs, but never conquers

Evil often triumphs, but never conquers

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

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

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it...

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it...

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

The Internet is the Viagra of big business.

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly...

There are many highly successful businesses in the United States. There are also many highly...