It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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People must help one another; it is nature's law.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

It is impossible to please all the world and one's father.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Everyone has his faults which he continually repeats: neither fear nor shame can cure them.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.