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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One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

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.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

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...

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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

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

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

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

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

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

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

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.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

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...

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.