Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

Topics: Self Reliance Quotes

The strongest passion is fear.

The strongest passion is fear.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

Friendship is the shadow of the evening, which increases with the setting sun of life.

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...

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.

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

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

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

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

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

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.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

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....

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Without art, the crudeness of reality would make the world unbearable.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

Poetry is the art of creating imaginary gardens with real toads.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.

The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery.