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Aesop Quotes
"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."
"Much outcry, little outcome."
"If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs."
"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."
"The haft 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."
"Afflictions are often the result of imprudence."
"The gods help them that help themselves."
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
"Those who suffer most cry out the least."
"Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction."
"Plodding wins the race."
"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."
"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over."
"He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own."
"Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either."
"An oak is not felled at one blow"
"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others"
"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy"
"Any excuse will serve a tyrant"
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds"
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