Aesop

Great determination can overcome most odds.

— Aesop

Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

— Aesop

A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.

— Aesop

He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.

— Aesop

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

— Aesop

A fair-minded man tries to see both sides of an argument.

— Aesop

Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.

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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

— Aesop

Straw shows which way the wind is blowing.

— Aesop

We often despise what is most useful to us.

— Aesop

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.

— Aesop

“A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.”

— Aesop

If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

— Aesop

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

— Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

— Aesop

Better poverty without care, than riches with.

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The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

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Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave

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Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

— Aesop

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

— Aesop

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

— Aesop

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

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Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.

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Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

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Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

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What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.

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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

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The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

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“If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined. The”

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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

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You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

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“It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.”

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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

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The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.

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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

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Do nothing without regard to the consequences.

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