Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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

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

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 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...

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.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

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

Luck's always to blame.

Luck's always to blame.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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 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.

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at...

We must laugh before we are happy, for fear we die before we laugh at...

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.