Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

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....

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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.

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

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

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

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

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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...

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

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

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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.

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.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

We learn our virtues from our friends who love us; our faults from the enemy...

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Friendship is the only cure for hatred, the only guarantee of peace.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.

Do not use a hatchet to remove a fly from your friend's forehead.