All power is a compound of time and patience

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Patience Quotes, Power Quotes, Time Quotes

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

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

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

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.

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

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

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.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

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

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

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

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

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.