A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
AESOPPersuasion is more effective than force.
More Aesop Quotes
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.
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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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One story sounds good until another is told.
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Those who suffer most cry out the least.
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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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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
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Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
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If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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