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.
AESOPKeep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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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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Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
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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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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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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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One story sounds good until another is told.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
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In union, there is strength.
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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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The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Self-help is the best help.
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Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
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Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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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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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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