It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AESOPPoverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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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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Much wants more and loses all.
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Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
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It is possible to have too much of a good 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 thrifty to prepare today for wants of tomorrow.
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Self-help is the best help.
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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
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Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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