French - Poet | July 8, 1621 - April 13, 1695
Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.
Jean de La Fontaine
HelpHeavenWillThyselfThee
We like to see others, but don't like others to see through us.
OthersSeeThroughUsLike
Let ignorance talk as it will, learning has its value.
LearningIgnoranceValueWillTalk
The fastidious are unfortunate; nothing satisfies them.
NothingThemUnfortunateFastidious
It is twice the pleasure to deceive the deceiver.
PleasureTwiceDeceiveDeceiver
We read on the foreheads of those who are surrounded by a foolish luxury, that fortune sells what she is thought to give.
ThoughtLuxurySheFoolishFortune
One often has need of one, inferior to himself.
NeedInferiorHimselfOften
A hungry stomach cannot hear.
HungryStomachCannotHear
Everyone calls himself a friend, but only a fool relies on it; nothing is commoner than the name, nothing rarer than the thing.
FriendFoolNameNothingEveryone
Anyone entrusted with power will abuse it if not also animated with the love of truth and virtue, no matter whether he be a prince, or one of the people.
LoveTruthPowerPeopleWillVirtue
The strongest passion is fear.
FearPassionStrongest
A pessimist and an optimist, so much the worse; so much the better.
BetterOptimistPessimistWorseMuch
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