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The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
After the rain cometh the fair weather.
Appearances are often deceiving.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Little by little does the trick.
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Appearances are deceptive.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
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.
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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?
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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.
Example is the best precept.
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Little friends may prove great friends.
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Persuasion is better than force.
The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
Pride goes before destruction.
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
Once a wolf, always a wolf.
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
I am sure the grapes are sour.
If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.
Don't cry over spilt milk.
Slow but steady wins the race.
In union there is strength.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
Plodding wins the race.
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave
Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Distrust unsolicited advice.
Vices are their own punishment
Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most
Please all, and you will please none.
He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
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.
Don't make much ado about nothing.
Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.
He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.
Better to starve free than be a fat slave
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses both
Labour is the source of every blessing.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.
One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
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.
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.
Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.
Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Appearances often are deceiving.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
It pays to be prepared.
Facts speak plainer than words
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.
Liars often set their own traps.
If words suffice not, blows must follow.
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.
Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
Be satisfied with what you have.
Acquaintance softens prejudice.

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