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Joseph Roux (1725-1793) was a French
cartographer and hydrographer[1]. He is also
considered the originator of modern ship portraiture[2]. In 1764 he
published 12 charts and an atlas of Mediterranean harbors[3][4].
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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.
Our experience is composed rathery of illusions that of wisdom
acquired.
Say nothing good of yourself, you will be distrusted; say
nothing bad of yourself, you will be taken at your word.
The folly which we might have ourselves committed is the one
which we are least ready to pardon in another.
The happiness which is lacking makes one think even the
happiness one has unbearable.
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