Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPDestroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
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Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
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A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
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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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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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In union, there is strength.
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Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
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