Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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....

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

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.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

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.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

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.

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...

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.