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

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  Trusted

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

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

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  Honesty, People, Fool

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

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

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  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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• 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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• Distrust unsolicited advice.

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  Advice, Unsolicited Advice, Distrust

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

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  Complaining, Stealing, Ifs

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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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• It pays to be prepared.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Pay

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

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

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  Silly, Clothes, May

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

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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".

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  Family, Teamwork, Father

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

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  Humanity, Comfort

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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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• 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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• Please all, and you will please none.

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  Business, Literature, Fables

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

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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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• 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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  Strength, Strong, Wind

  Aesop, Lloyd W. Daly (1961). “Aesop without morals: the famous fables, and a life of Aesop, newly translated and edited by Lloyd W. Daly. Illustrated by Grace Muscarella”

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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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• 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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• Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

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  Fear, Conceited, Self

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

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• The more you want, the more you stand to lose

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  Want, Loses

  Aesop (2007). “Aesop's Fables”, p.104, Penguin UK

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• Pride goes before destruction.

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  Pride, Destruction

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.26, Lulu.com

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• Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

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  Procrastination, Today, Tomorrow

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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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