The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
AESOPBeware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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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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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Much wants more and loses all.
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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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Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
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In union, there is strength.
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Little friends may prove great friends.
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Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults.
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Little by little does the trick.
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
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The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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