Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPBetter poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
More Aesop Quotes
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
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Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
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Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
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Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
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No gratitude from the wicked.
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What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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One story sounds good until another is told.
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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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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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