Aesop
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Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
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United we stand, divided we fall.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
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Plodding wins the race.
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Appearances often are deceiving.
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
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I am sure the grapes are sour.
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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Familiarity breed contempt.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
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Put your shoulder to the wheel.
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The gods help them that help themselves.
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Union gives strength.
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While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
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The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
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What a splendid head, yet no brain.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
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Look before you leap.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Only cowards insult dying majesty.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.