"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but……" — Aesop
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."
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170 Quotes by Aesop
Aesop has 170 quotes on this site.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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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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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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Please all, and you will please none.
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we…
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Simplicity is the most deceitful mistress that ever betrayed man.
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Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this…
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In our daily life, we encounter people we are angry, deceitful, intent only on satisfying ere is so their own…
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The promotion of the culture of life should be the highest priority in our societies...If the right to life is…
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Is it not time to awake from the deceitful dream of a golden age, and to adopt as a practical…
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Any woman who can’t say a four-letter word sometimes is deceitful.
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Democracy, the deceitful theory that the Jew would insinuate - namely, that theory that all men are created equal.
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The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they…
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Not by mere eloquence, nor by handsome appearance, does a man become good-natured, should he be jealous, selfish and deceitful.
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No one would be happier than Luther to be commended by the testimony of the time that he had been neither slack…
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