Quote of Jean de La Fontaine - Help yourself and heaven will help...
Biography - Jean de La Fontaine:
French poet.
Born: 1621 - Died: 1695
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1621 - Died: 1695
Period:
17th century
Place of birth: France
Help yourself and heaven will help you.
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(French, German)
See also...
Quotes about heaven:
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower,
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour.
Two things fill the mind with ever new and increasing admiration and reverence, the more often and more steadily one reflects on them: the starry heavens above me and the moral law within me.
Quotes about oneself:
Quotes for: help
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.
Jean de La Fontaine also said...
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