There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
AESOPDon’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
More Aesop Quotes
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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
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Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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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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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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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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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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Persuasion is more effective than force.
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