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- Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
- Aesop
- In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
- Aesop
- Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
- Aesop
- It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
- Aesop
- It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
- Aesop
- Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
- Aesop
- Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
- Aesop
- The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- Aesop
- United we stand, divided we fall.
- Aesop
- We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
- Aesop
- What a splendid head, yet no brain.
- Aesop
- Put your shoulder to the wheel.
- Aesop, Hercules and the Wagoner
- The gods help them that help themselves.
- Aesop, Hercules and the Wagoner
- Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
- Aesop, Juno and the Peacock
- It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
- Aesop, The Ant and the Grasshopper
- Union gives strength.
- Aesop, The Bundle of Sticks
- Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
- Aesop, The Dog and the Shadow
- People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
- Aesop, The Dog in the Manger
- The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
- Aesop, The Eagle and the Arrow
- I am sure the grapes are sour.
- Aesop, The Fox and the Grapes
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