Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Fear Quotes

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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...

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

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.

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...

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Luck's always to blame.

Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

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.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

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.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.