Philibert Joseph Roux

Lofty mountains are full of springs; great hearts are full of tears.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

The historian must be a poet; not to find, but to find again; not to breathe life into beings, into imaginary deeds,…

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Poetry is the exquisite expression of exquisite impressions.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

The philosopher spends in becoming a man the time which the ambitious man spends in becoming a personage.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Friendship is the ideal; friends are the reality; reality always remains far apart from the ideal.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Certain names always awake certain prejudices.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Conscientious men are, almost everywhere, less encouraged than tolerated.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Morality is the fruit of religion: to desire the former without the latter is to desire an orange without an orange-tree.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Everything that is exquisite hides itself.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

At first we hope too much and later on, not enough.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Success causes us to be more praised than known.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

We distrust our heart too much, and our head not enough.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

We are more conscious that a person is in the wrong when the wrong concerns ourselves.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Friendship admits of difference of character, as love does that of sex.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

As long as we love, we lend to the beloved object qualities of mind and heart which we deprive him of when…

— Philibert Joseph Roux

God often visits us, but most of the time we are not at home.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

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

— Philibert Joseph Roux

When orators and auditors have the same prejudices, those prejudices run a great risk of being made to stand for incontestable truths.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

The vital air of friendship is composed of confidence. Friendship perishes in proportion as this air diminishes.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

What is slander? A verdict of "guilty" pronounced in the absence of the accused, with closed doors, without defence or appeal, by…

— Philibert Joseph Roux

To love is to choose.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Present unhappiness is selfish; past sorrow is compassionate.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

Great dejection often follows great enthusiasm.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

No labor is hopeless.

— Philibert Joseph Roux

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