Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

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

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

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

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 fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

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...

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.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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...

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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

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

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.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.