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There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
AesopAesop The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
AesopAesop It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
AesopAesop It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AesopAesop Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
AesopAesop It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AesopAesop Persuasion is more effective than force.
AesopAesop Slow and steady wins the race.
AesopAesop Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
AesopAesop 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.
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