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Aesop

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Adventure is worthwhile....

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Any excuse will serve a tyrant....

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

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched....

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Example is the best precept....

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls....

He that always gives way to others will end in...

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

If you allow men to use you for your own...

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten....

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance....

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be...

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds....

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

It is with our passions as it is with fire...

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing....

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties....

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever...

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety....

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth....

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves....

Persuasion is often more effectual than force....

Please all, and you will please none....

Plodding wins the race....

Put your shoulder to the wheel....

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction....

Slow but steady wins the race....

The gods help them that help themselves....

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom...

The level of our success is limited only by our...

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind,...

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit....

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others....

United we stand, divided we fall....

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones...

We often give our enemies the means for our own...

We should look to the mind, and not to the...

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified....

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