We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
AESOPMen often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
More Aesop Quotes
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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Little friends may prove great friends.
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Self-help is the best help.
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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Better no rule than cruel rule.
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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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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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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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You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time.
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What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
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Vices are their own punishment.
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The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
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Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
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In union, there is strength.
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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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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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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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United we stand; divided we fall.
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Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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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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