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Aesop's Fables QUOTES

Aesop's Fables QUOTES

1 " Once a wolf, always a wolf. "

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2 " A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him. "

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3 " All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack. "

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4 " Do not waste your pity on a scamp. "

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5 " Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations. "

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6 " The value is in the worth, not in the number. "

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7 " I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour. "

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8 " The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns? "

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9 " I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate. "

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10 " United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you. "

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11 " Much wants more and loses all. "

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12 " A man is known by the company he keeps. "

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13 " The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales. "

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14 " Birds of a feather flock together. "

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15 " Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. "

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16 " Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself, but the winds fall upon me with their gusts and gales, and lash me into a fury that is not natural to me. "

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17 " The North Wind and the Sun disputed which was the more powerful, and agreed that he should be declared the victor who could first strip a wayfaring man of his clothes. The North Wind first tried his power, and blew with all his might; but the keener became his blasts, the closer the Traveler wrapped his cloak around him, till at last, resigning all hope of victory, he called upon the Sun to see what he could do. The Sun suddenly shone out with all his warmth. The Traveler no sooner felt his genial rays that he took off one garment after another, and at last, fairly overcome with heat, undressed, and bathed in a stream that lay in his path.
Persuasion i better than Force. "

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

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19 " If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself. "

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20 " Those who seek to please everybody please nobody. "

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