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