“A l'œuvre on connaît l'artisan—By the work one knows the workman. La Font.”
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
“Friends are proved by adversity.”
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
“A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance. Disraeli.”
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
“A fool may sometimes have talent, but he never has judgment. La Roche.”
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
“A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. Bulwer.”
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
― Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources
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