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

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Patience and time do more than strength or passion.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

Dressed in the lion's skin, the ass spread terror far and wide.

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

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.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

But the shortest works are always the best.

But the shortest works are always the best.

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.

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....

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

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.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

Help yourself, and Heaven will help you.

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.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

Sadder than destitution, sadder than a beggar is the man who eats alone in public....

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...

It is very sad for a man to make himself servant to a single thing;...