Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.

Jean de la Fontaine

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Topic

Taking initiative Locus of control God's favor

Author

Jean de la Fontaine

Source

Fables (de la Fontaine)

Medium

Fable and fairytale

Statement Type

Advice

Language

French

Time

1668 1660s 17th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

France Europe

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Citation

La Fontaine, Jean. "Le Cartier Embourbe [The Carter in the Mire]." Fables. Paris, c. 1668, bk. 6, no. 17.

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We never do evil so fully and cheerfully as when we do it out of conscience.

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Source
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Medium
Epigram
Genre
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Time
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Original Citation

Pascal, Blaise. Pensées [Thoughts]. Paris: Chez G. Desprez, 1670, no. 895.

Current Citation

Pascal, Blaise. "Pensées." Pensées and Other Writings, edited by Anthony Levi, translated by Honor Levi. Oxford University Press, 2008, no. 895.

Another quote originally in French

Cultivating whatever gave pleasure to my senses was always the chief business of my life; I have never found any occupation more important. Feeling that I was born for the sex opposite to mine, I have always loved it and done all I could to make myself loved by it.

Giacomo Casanova

Histoire de Ma Vie

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Topic
Pursuing women

Author

Giacomo Casanova
Source
Histoire de Ma Vie
Genre
Autobiography and memoir
Language
French
Time
1791 1790s 18th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. Aus den Memoiren des Venetianers Jacob Casanova de Seingalt [From the Memoirs of the Venetian Jacob Casanova de Seingalt]. Vol. 1, Leipzig: Brodhaus, 1822, preface.

Current Citation

Casanova, Giacomo. History of My Life, vols. 1-2, translated by Willard R. Trask. Harcourt, Brace & World, 1966.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Be like a headland of rock on which the waves break incessantly: but it stands fast and around it the seething of the waters sinks to rest.

Marcus Aurelius

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Topic
Steadfastness Dependability Inner strength Courage

Author

Marcus Aurelius
Source
Meditations
Medium
Personal journal
Genre
Philosophical literature
Statement Type
Advice Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
Greek
Time
180 180s 2nd century
Era
Classical antiquity
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations. c. 180, bk. 4.

Current Citation

Aurelius, Marcus. Meditations, edited and translated by Martin Hammond. Penguin Classics, 2015, bk. 4.