Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Fear Quotes

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that...

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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...

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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.

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

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

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....

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

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

People must help one another; it is nature's law.

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil,...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

Men become civilized not in proportion to their willingness to believe but in proportion to...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...

The chess-board is the world, the pieces are the phenomena of the universe, the rules...