You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
AESOPAdversity tests the sincerity of friends.
More Aesop Quotes
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Please all, and you will please none.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
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Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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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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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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Vices are their own punishment.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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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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Little friends may prove great friends.
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Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
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Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
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Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
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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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One story sounds good until another is told.
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No gratitude from the wicked.
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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
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