Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
AESOPDon’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.
More Aesop Quotes
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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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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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
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A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
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If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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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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In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
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Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
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One story sounds good until another is told.
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Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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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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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Little friends may prove great friends.
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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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