Aesop Quotes

It is thrifty to prepare today for wants of tomorrow.
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Future Inspirational Preparation Present Want
A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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Believe Liar Reality Speak Truth
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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Bird Feather Inspirational
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
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Bad Bad Company Believe Choose Friendship Yourself
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten
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Broken Heart Forget Forgiveness Injury One Liner
Little by little does the trick.
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Business One Liner Patience Trick
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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Different Lion Quite Sculptor Statue
The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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Injury Same Scale Suffering Weigh
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
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Goodness One Liner Positive Possible
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Bad Fire Master Passion Servant Water
Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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Inspirational Life One Liner Place
It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
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Brave Distance Easy Inspirational One Liner Safe
Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Effective Force One Liner
Slow and steady wins the race.
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Business Life One Liner Patience Race Win
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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Advice Difficult Hard Time Man One Liner Struggle Trust
There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Fairy Tale Goodness Human
There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Fairy Tale Goodness Human
Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Freedom One Liner Slave Strave
Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
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Freedom One Liner Slave Strave
Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
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Attempt Hide Mask Truth
Please all, and you will please none.
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Inspirational One Liner Please
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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Cake Fear Peace
The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
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Lose Minimalism One Liner Stand Want
In union, there is strength.
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One Liner Strength Team Work Unity
Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
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Future Need Neglect Plenty Time Wasted Time
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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Certain Doubt Enemy Friendship Man Meet Worse
Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
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Betrayal Finding Friendship Ruin Yourself

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