It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AESOPA man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
More Aesop Quotes
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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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The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
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After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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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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Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
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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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Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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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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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
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It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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Vices are their own punishment.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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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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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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