People who make no noise are dangerous.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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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...

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value

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

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

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...

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Everyone believes very easily whatever they fear or desire.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

Rather suffer than die is man's motto.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

There is no road of flowers leading to glory.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

Better a living beggar than a buried emperor.

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...

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Neither wealth or greatness render us happy.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

Sadness flies away on the wings of time.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

A hungry stomach cannot hear.

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

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

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

Rare as is true love, true friendship is rarer.

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.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

In short, Luck's always to blame.

By the work one knows the workman.

By the work one knows the workman.

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The proper school to learn art is not life but art

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.

The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.