Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
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More Aesop Quotes
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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No gratitude from the wicked.
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It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.
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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
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Little friends may prove great friends.
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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
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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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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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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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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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It is thrifty to prepare today for wants of tomorrow.
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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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If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave.
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Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Self-help is the best help.
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Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
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Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.
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Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
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Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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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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