A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.

More quotations from Joseph Roux

Solitude vivifies; isolation kills.

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

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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote,
And think they grow immortal as they quote.

—Edward Young

I might repeat to myself slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound—if I can remember any of the damn things.

—Dorothy Parker

What's the use of a good quotation if you can't change it?

People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them Benjamin Franklin said it first.

—David H. Comins

The American people would not want to know of any misquotes that Dan Quayle may or may not make.

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