Aesop Quotes

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• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
• A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
• Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
• A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
• Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
• The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
• Please all, and you will please none.
• 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…
• 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…
• Appearances are often deceiving.
• He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
• Familiarity breeds contempt.
• United we stand, divided we fall.
• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
• Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
• People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
• Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

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