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Aesop Quote - We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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Deny Impossible Nature Try
There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Fairy Tale Goodness Human
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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Character Chew Secret Shallow Special Truth Value
Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Freedom One Liner Slave Strave
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
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Attempt Hide Mask Truth
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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Goodness One Liner Positive Possible
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Bad Fire Master Passion Servant Water
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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Broken Heart Forget Forgiveness Injury One Liner
The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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Injury Same Scale Suffering Weigh
Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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Change Evil Hurry One Liner
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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Certain Doubt Enemy Friendship Man Meet Worse
Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Place
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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Danger One Liner Silence Time Wise
The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
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Lose Minimalism One Liner Stand Want
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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Consequences One Liner Regard
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
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Brave Distance Easy Inspirational One Liner Safe
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Destruction Enemy Giving Human Nature
Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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Boss Employee Job Master Servant Serve Worse
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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Bad Bad Company Believe Choose Friendship Yourself
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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Acquire Concern Lack Lose Men Recover
Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Effective Force One Liner
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
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Guest Humour Invitation Leaving Welcome
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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Different Lion Quite Sculptor Statue
To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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Guarantee Peace Preparation War
The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
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Always Gratitude Greatness Heart Opportunity
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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Adversity Friendship Sincere Test
Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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Act Example Goodness Inspirational

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