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He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou read more
He is very foolish who aims at satisfying all the world and his
father.
[Fr., Est bien fou du cerveau
Qui pretend contenter tout le monde et son pere.]
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure its worth watching.
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.
As long as I have a want, I have a reason for living.
Satisfaction is death.
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for read more
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for, and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his
intellect.
[Fr., Nul n'est content de sa read more
No one is satisfied with his fortune, nor dissatisfied with his
intellect.
[Fr., Nul n'est content de sa fortune;
Ni mecontent de son esprit.]
We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.
