The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
AESOPA dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
More Aesop Quotes
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Vices are their own punishment.
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No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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No gratitude from the wicked.
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Labour is the source of every blessing.
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It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
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Facts speak plainer than words.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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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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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
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A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.
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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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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
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