People who make no noise are dangerous.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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...

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

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.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

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....

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

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.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

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

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

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

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.