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

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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

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

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

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

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

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...

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

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.

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of...

Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of...

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....

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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.

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.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

Why do you try to understand art? Do you try to understand the song of...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

No form of art goes beyond ordinary consciousness as film does, straight to our emotions,...

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...

Above all, we are coming to understand that the arts incarnate the creativity of a...