Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
AESOPBetter to starve free than be a fat slave.
More Aesop Quotes
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
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Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for wants of tomorrow.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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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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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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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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