Aesop
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Aesop
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Aesop
Enemies
Union gives strength.
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Cooperation
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer s day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.
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Enemies
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
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Cooperation
Enemies promises were made to be broken.
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Enemies
The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
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Pain
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.
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Family
Example is the best precept.
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Example
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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Kindness
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
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Misfortunes
Obscurity brings safety.
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Obscurity
Slow and steady wins the race.
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Patience
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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Originality
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
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Safety
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
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Mind
Plodding wins the race.
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Perseverance
In union there is strength.
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Unity
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
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Respectability
It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
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Risk
Little by little does the trick.
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Things and Little Things
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another.
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Discontent
Please all, and you will please none.
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Approval
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
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Adventure
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
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Adversity
Don t count your chickens before they are hatched.
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Expectation
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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Advice
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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Danger
Appearances are deceptive.
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Appearance
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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Appearance
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
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Wish and Wishing
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
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Wealth