By the work one knows the workman.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Art Quotes

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

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

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

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

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

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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...

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.

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.

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.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

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.

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.