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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.Aesop
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.Aesop
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...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.Aesop
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No one believes a liar even when he tells the truthAesop
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Once a wolf, always a wolf.Aesop
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Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.Aesop
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Necessity is the mother of invention.Aesop
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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.Aesop
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.Aesop
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An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went About the foreset with much merriment, Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks, Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain, Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away, But that I know your old familiar bray'. That's just the way with asses, just the way.Aesop
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.Aesop
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.Aesop
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.Aesop
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Do not waste your pity on a scamp.Aesop
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Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.Aesop
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The value is in the worth, not in the number.Aesop
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I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.Aesop
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.Aesop
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The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?Aesop
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I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.Aesop
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United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.Aesop
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Much wants more and loses all.Aesop
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.Aesop
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a foolAesop
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The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.Aesop
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An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.Aesop
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.Aesop
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Though this may be play to you Tis death to us.Aesop
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Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.Aesop
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Kindness affects more than severity.Aesop
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.Aesop
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Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.Aesop
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Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.Aesop
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Plodding wins the race.Aesop
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.Aesop
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It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.Aesop
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After the rain cometh the fair weather.Aesop
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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.Aesop
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Little by little does the trick.Aesop
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After all is said and done, more is said than done.Aesop
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United we stand, divided we fall.Aesop
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.Aesop
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.Aesop
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.Aesop
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Example is the best precept.Aesop
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.Aesop
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Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.Aesop
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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.Aesop
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Appearances are often deceiving.Aesop
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Please all, and you will please none.Aesop
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.Aesop