Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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...

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

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...

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

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...

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

One of the secrets of getting more done is to make a TO DO List...

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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...

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.

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.

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.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Man is so made that when anything fires his soul, impossibilities vanish.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Nothing is more dangerous than a friend without discretion; even a prudent enemy is preferable.

Luck's always to blame.

Luck's always to blame.