Quote by Jean de La Fontaine Download Open image “One often has need of one, inferior to himself.” — Jean de La Fontaine ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
A man needs self-acceptance or he can't live with himself; he needs self-criticism or others can't live with him. — James Pike Copy Share Image
When an individual is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he does become inferior. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
The nobler a man, the harder it is for him to suspect inferiority in others. — Marcus Tullius Cicero Copy Share Image
When an individual (or a group of individuals) is kept in a situation of inferiority, the fact is that he is inferior. — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“A human being needs to endure something in order to learn to assess himself correctly, and not least to learn to think with others.… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
In the absence of government each man learns to think, to act for himself, without counting on the support of an outside force which,… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
One needs to balance his love of others with his own real needs without neglecting either of the two. — Senoraroy Copy Share Image
The superior man will watch over himself when he is alone. He examines his heart that there may be nothing wrong there, and that… — Confucius Copy Share Image
One is not worthy to have what one, through weakness, lets be taken from him; one is not worthy of it because one is… — Max Stirner Copy Share Image
Nothing is so oppressive as a secret: women find it difficult to keep one long; and I know a goodly number of men who… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
One should stick to the sort of thing for which one was made; I tried to be an herbalist, Whereas I should keep to… — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
No flowery road leads to glory. [Fr., Aucun chemin de fleurs ne conduit a la gloire.] — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
Love cries victory when the tears of a woman become the sole defence of her virtue. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
You've tried to reform what will not learn. Shut doors on traits that you wish were dead; They will open a window and return. — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image
We ought never to scoff at the wretched, for who can be sure of continued happiness? — Jean de La Fontaine Copy Share Image