The strongest passion is fear.

Quote by Jean De La Fontaine

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We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

There is nothing useless to men of sense.

Luck's always to blame.

Luck's always to blame.

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.

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.

I bend and do not break.

I bend and do not break.

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.

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.

We believe no evil till the evil's done

We believe no evil till the evil's done

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

It is a double pleasure to deceive the deceiver.

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.

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 returns to the place one came from.

One returns to the place one came from.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

People who make no noise are dangerous.

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

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

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.

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...

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

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

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.

The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.