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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. (Aesop)
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. View quote
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Example is the best precept. View quote
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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. View quote
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If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. View quote
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Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. View quote
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. View quote
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. View quote
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Our insignificance is the cause of our safety. View quote
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Plodding wins the race. View quote
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The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. (Aesop)
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant or an enemy, must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves. View quote
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The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. View quote
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Better to starve free than be a fat slave. View quote
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Wealth unused might as well not exist. View quote
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Obscurity brings safety. View quote
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Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most. View quote
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To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace. View quote
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Facts speak plainer than words. View quote
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One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed. View quote
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Little by little does the trick. (Aesop)
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. View quote
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In union there is strength. View quote
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Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. View quote
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There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues. View quote
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