The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
AESOPAdversity tests the sincerity of friends.
More Aesop Quotes
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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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United we stand; divided we fall.
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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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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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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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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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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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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
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If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
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The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
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No gratitude from the wicked.
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The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
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Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
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