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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AesopAesop There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AesopAesop Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
AesopAesop Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
AesopAesop Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
AesopAesop Please all, and you will please none.
AesopAesop Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
AesopAesop The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
AesopAesop In union, there is strength.
AesopAesop Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
AesopAesop 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.
AesopAesop Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
AesopAesop It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
AesopAesop Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
AesopAesop To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
AesopAesop Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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The way, and the only way, to stop this evil is for all the red men to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was at first, and should be yet; for it was never divided, but belongs to all for the use of each.
TecumsehTecumseh Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
TecumsehTecumseh The way, the only way to stop this evil is for the red man to unite in claiming a common and equal right in the land, as it was first, and should be now, for it was never divided.”
TecumsehTecumseh We have had an unspeakably delightful journey, one of those journeys which seem to divide one’s life in two, by the new ideas they suggest and the new views of interest they open.
George EliotGeorge Eliot The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority.
Will DurantWill Durant Divided as we may be by religion, we are united by charity.
RashiRashi My life, at least, is divided between writing and performing and mixtures of the two.
Stephen FryStephen Fry The human race divides politically into those who want people to be controlled and those who have no such desire.
Robert A. HeinleinRobert A. Heinlein