Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

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

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

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Power is the faculty or capacity to act, the strength and potency to accomplish something....

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

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.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Never sell the bear's skin before one has killed the beast.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

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

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

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.