Joseph Roux Quotes

A witty saying proves nothing.

An epigram is a flashlight of a truth; a witticism, truth laughing at itself.

Next to being witty, the best thing is being able to quote another's wit.

A short saying often contains much wisdom.

An aphorism is true where it has fixed the impression of a genuine experience.

As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing.

APHORISM, n. Predigested wisdom. The flabby wine-skin of his brain Yields to some pathologic strain, And voids from its unstored abysm The driblet of an aphorism. "The Mad Philosopher," 1697

Passion very often makes the wisest men fools, and very often too inspires the greatest fools with wit.

I will keep where there is wit stirring, and leave the faction of fools.

A proverb is much matter distilled into few words.

Remember that the greatest fool in the world may ask more than the wisest man can answer.

I love quotations because it is a joy to find thoughts one might have, beautifully expressed with much authority by someone recognized wiser than oneself.

A proverb is good sense brought to a point.

An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence.

Somewhere in the world there is an epigram for every dilemma.

'Tis folly to be wise.

Aphorisms are food for thought - like sushi, they come in small portions that are both delicious and exquisitely formed. And, like sushi, I can never get enough.

Talking and eloquence are not the same: to speak and to speak well are two things. A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.

An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows.

The ability to quote is a serviceable substitute for wit.

As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.

There is only a finger's difference between a wise man and a fool.

In Greece wise men speak and fools decide.

... smart but not wise.

Never argue with a fool - people might not know the difference.