Aesop Quotes

Little by little does the trick.
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We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
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Plodding wins the race.
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After the rain cometh the fair weather.
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It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
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After the rain cometh the fair weather.
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It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
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Plodding wins the race.
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Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
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Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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Kindness affects more than severity.
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Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.
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Though this may be play to you Tis death to us.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.
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The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
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Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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Much wants more and loses all.
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United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.
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I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.
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The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?
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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.
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I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.
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The value is in the worth, not in the number.
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Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
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Do not waste your pity on a scamp.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.
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An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain,Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away,But that I know your old familiar bray'.That's just the way with asses, just the way.
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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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Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
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Once a wolf, always a wolf.
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No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
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...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargain.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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