Vices are their own punishment.
AESOPVices are their own punishment.
AESOPAdversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AESOPDestroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
AESOPA 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.
AESOPBetter poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
AESOPDo not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
AESOPWise men say nothing in dangerous times.
AESOPSometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
AESOPServants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AESOPBetter beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
AESOPDon’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
AESOPLabour is the source of every blessing.
AESOPNo argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
AESOPAll men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
AESOPThere can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AESOPLittle friends may prove great friends.
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