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Quote by Joseph Roux
Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acqu

Our experience is composed rather of illusions that of wisdom acquired. – Joseph Roux

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

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Happiness
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Joseph Roux
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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. – Joseph Roux

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Friendship
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Joseph Roux
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Other Quotes from
Wisdom
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Whenever you argue with another wiser than yourself in order that others may admire your wisdom, they will discover your ignorance. – Saadi

Category:
Wisdom

To avoid entangling alliances has been a maxim of our policy ever since the days of Washington, and its wisdom no one will attempt to dispute. – James Buchanan

Category:
Wisdom

Wisdom is digested experience… – Janesville Daily Gazette (Janesville, Wisconsin), 1917 March 29th

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Wisdom

I learned some valuable lessons about the legislative process, the importance of bipartisan cooperation and the wisdom of taking small steps to get a big job done. – Hillary Clinton

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

Truth is confirmed by inspection and delay falsehood by haste and uncertainty. – Tacitus

Category:
Truth

If all hearts were open and all desires known — as they would be if people showed their souls — how many gapings, sighings, clenched fists, knotted brows, broad grins, and red eyes should we see in the market-place! – Thomas Hardy

Category:
Sincerity

Spring, summer, and fall fill us with hope; winter alone reminds us of the human condition. – Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic’s Notebook, 1966

Category:
Winter

Choice of attention – to pay attention to this and ignore that – is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer. In both cases, a man is responsible for his choice and must accept the consequences, whatever they may be. – W. H. Auden

Category:
Life