Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPOur mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
More Aesop Quotes
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
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Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
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Please all, and you will please none.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.
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Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.
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United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.
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It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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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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If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
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