One story sounds good until another is told.
AESOPBetter to starve free than be a fat slave.
More Aesop Quotes
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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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.
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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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United we stand; divided we fall.
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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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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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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Little friends may prove great friends.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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