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• We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.

  Aesop

  Conflict, Should

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

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• Don't make much ado about nothing.

  Aesop

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.13, Lulu.com

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• Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.

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  Blow, Wind, Looks

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.4, GENERAL PRESS

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• He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

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  Life, Share, Danger

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.41, Lulu.com

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• Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

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  Hurt, Evil, Profit

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.35, Aesop

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• If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.

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  Wise, Air, Innocent

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables”, p.18, Collector's Library

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• In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

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  Life, Powerful, Needs

  "The Lion and the Mouse". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

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• I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

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  Wisdom, Blow, Men

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.132, Courier Corporation

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• You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

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  Hate, Enemy, Despise

  Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (1909). “Folk-Lore and Fable”

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• Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.

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  Wine, Vintage, Spirituality

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• It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

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  Wisdom, Preparation, Today

  Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms

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• Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.

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  Delay, Blame, Sometimes

  Aesop (2000). “Aesop's fables”

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• Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

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  Giving, Advice, Crisis

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.64, GENERAL PRESS

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• Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave

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  Guests, Welcome, Uninvited Guests

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.37, Penguin

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• once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.

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  Sweet, Sea, Rivers

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• Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

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  Animal, Lions, May

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• A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.

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  Men, Trying, Sides

  "Aesops Fables: A Collection of Aesop's Fables".

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• Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

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  Long, Toil, Ease

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• Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

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  Contentment, Elements

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)”, p.704, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

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  Brain, Half, Beard

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.39, Courier Corporation

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• The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

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  Strong, Weak, Company

  Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (1909). “Folk-Lore and Fable”

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• The great do not always prevail.

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  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.49, Lulu.com

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• Example is more powerful than precept.

  Aesop

  Powerful, Example

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.55, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Equals make the best friends.

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  Friendship, Fables

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.117, GENERAL PRESS

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• Every man for himself.

  Aesop

  Men, Differences, Every Man For Himself

  Munro Leaf, Aesop (1979). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version”

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