Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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 often has need of one, inferior to himself.

One often has need of one, inferior to himself.

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

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

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

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...

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

All power is a compound of time and patience

All power is a compound of time and patience

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

The argument of the strongest is always the best.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

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.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Every journalist owes tribute to the evil one.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

Death never takes the wise man by surprise, he is always ready to go.

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.

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.