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  Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36

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• In a crisis, give help first and then advice.

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  Reality, Giving, Advice

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• It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

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  Farewell, Confusion, Childhood

  Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.19, First Avenue Editions

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

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  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

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  Witty, Government, Political Will

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

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  Inspirational, Truth, Two Sides

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28

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• To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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  War, Guarantees, Wells

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.82

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• Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

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  Needs, May, Today

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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• Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

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  Hands, Tyrants, Evil

  Aesop (1913). “Æsop's fables: an anthology of the fabulists of all countries”, J. M. Dent & Sons, ltd.

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• In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

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  Pain, Being Thankful, Wicked

  "Aesop’s Fables".

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• He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.

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  Strife, Discord

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.87

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• Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

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  Fame, Notoriety, Mistaken

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.26, GENERAL PRESS

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• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

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  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books

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• In union there is strength.

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  Strength, Teamwork, Community

  Ann McGovern, Aesop, Arthur Geisert (1990). “Aesop's Fables”, p.62, Scholastic Inc.

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• Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.

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  Guests, Welcome, Uninvited Guests

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.106

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• Most arguments are useless.

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  Life, Useless, Argument

  Graeme Kent, Eric Kincaid, Aesop (1990). “Aesop's fables: a collection of Aesop's fables”, Checkerboard Pr

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• A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

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  Hands, Tree, Needs

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.180, Aesop

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• Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.

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  Lying, Grieving, Gold

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.30, Aesop

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• Little by little does the trick.

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  Wisdom, Relaxation, Doe

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.56, Pelekanos Books

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• Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

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  Adversity, Tests, Sincerity

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.54, Penguin

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• Better to starve free than be a fat slave

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  4th Of July, Slavery, Fats

  Barbara McClintock, Aesop (2012). “Animal Fables from Aesop”, p.48, David R. Godine Publisher

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• Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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  Fake Friends, Fables, Ruined

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.18, GENERAL PRESS

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• Facts speak plainer than words

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  Facts, Speak

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

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  Kindness, Long, Evil

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.21, Courier Corporation

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• He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.

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  Gratitude, May, Ends

  Albert Cullum, Aesop (1972). “Aesop in the afternoon”

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