It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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

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

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

There is no road of flowers leading to glory

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.

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.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

One returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

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

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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

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

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

To win a race, the swiftness of a dart availeth not without a timely start.

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.

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

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

Why be a man when you can be a success?

Why be a man when you can be a success?

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...

Man is the animal that intends to shoot himself out into interplanetary space, after having...

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is,...

One of the strongest natural proofs of the folly of hereditary right in kings is,...