Experience comprises illusions lost, rather than wisdom gained.

Quote by Joseph Roux

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The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least...

The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one which we are least...

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...

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...

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

Every large family has its angels and its demon.

Every large family has its angels and its demon.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

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

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

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

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

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Poetry is truth in its Sunday clothes.

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you...

Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say nothing bad of yourself, you...

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

Nothing vivifies, and nothing kills, like the emotions.

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

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all...

These heroes of finance are like beads on a string; when one slips off, all...

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.

Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.