Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Self Reliance Quotes

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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.

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

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

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....

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

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

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

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.

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.

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.