Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AESOPHe that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
More Aesop Quotes
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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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Great determination can overcome most odds.
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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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No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
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Much wants more and loses all.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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A man is known by the company he keeps.
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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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Better no rule than cruel rule.
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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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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 we stand; divided we fall.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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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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