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• 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".

  Aesop

  Family, Teamwork, Father

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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.

  Aesop

  Hands, Tree, Needs

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

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• He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Giving

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables - Illustrated in Black and White By Nora Fry”, p.119, Read Books Ltd

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• Better to starve free than be a fat slave

  Aesop

  4th Of July, Slavery, Fats

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

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• It pays to be prepared.

  Aesop

  Wise, Wisdom, Pay

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

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• Do nothing without regard to the consequences.

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  Regard, Consequence

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.47, Lulu.com

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• He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

  Aesop

  Trusted

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.86

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• Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness

  Aesop

  Kindness, Fun, Kids

  Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.63, First Avenue Editions

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• You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.

  Aesop

  Honesty, People, Fool

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

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

  Aesop

  Farewell, Confusion, Childhood

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

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• Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

  Aesop

  Adversity, Tests, Sincerity

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

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• Distrust unsolicited advice.

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  Advice, Unsolicited Advice, Distrust

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• He that has many friends, has no friends.

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  No Friends, Popularity, Many Friends

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.71, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

  Aesop

  Silly, Clothes, May

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

  Aesop

  Fear, Conceited, Self

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, Pelekanos Books

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• One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.

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  Complaining, Stealing, Ifs

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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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• Please all, and you will please none.

  Aesop

  Business, Literature, Fables

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.63, Pelekanos Books

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• The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

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  Life, Suffering, Injury

  Aesop (1809). “Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists: In Three Books”, p.240

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• Persuasion is better than force.

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  Life, Persuasion, Force

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.22, GENERAL PRESS

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• A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.

  Aesop

  Humanity, Comfort

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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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• Every man should be content to mind his own business.

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  Men, Mind, Should

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.64, Aesop

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• Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

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  Life, May, Forgotten

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.7, Pelekanos Books

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• Liars often set their own traps.

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  Liars, Traps

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

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