A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

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.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

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

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

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

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

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at...

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at...

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

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

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner...

Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner...

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

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.

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....

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

A healthy male adult bore consumes each year one and a half times his own...

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone...

Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone...

Judges don't age; time decorates them.

Judges don't age; time decorates them.