Aesop Quotes
Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) 
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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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.
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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Adventure is worthwhile.
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
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After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Appearances are often deceiving.
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
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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.
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Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it.
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Example is the best precept.
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Familiarity breed contempt.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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I am sure the grapes are sour.
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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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If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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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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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
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Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
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Put your shoulder to the wheel.
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Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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The gods help them that help themselves.
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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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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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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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Union gives strength.
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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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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
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What a splendid head, yet no brain.
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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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