Aesop(Author)
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Adventure is worthwhile.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Appearances are often deceiving.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Slow but steady wins the race.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Please all, and you will please none.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Plodding wins the race.
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
Example is the best precept.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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