Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AESOPA crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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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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Facts speak plainer than words.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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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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It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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United we stand; divided we fall.
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A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
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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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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
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A man is known by the company he keeps.
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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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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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