Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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...

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

Every flatterer lives at the expense of him who listens to him.

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....

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies 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.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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

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

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.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

Gardening is the art that uses flowers and plants as paint, and the soil and...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

The negative is comparable to the composer's score and the print to its performance. Each...

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.

Give me a museum and I'll fill it.