Greek storyteller (620 B.C.-564 B.C.)
The more honor, the more danger.
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"The Mice and the Weasels", Aesop's Fables
The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.
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"The Traveller and His Dog", Aesop's Fables
Might makes right.
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"The Wild Ass and the Lion", Aesop's Fables
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
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"The Man and the Satyr", Aesop's Fables
A false tale often betrays itself.
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"The Fox and the Monkey", Aesop's Fables
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
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"The Mischievous Dog", Aesop's Fables
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
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"The Lioness", Aesop's Fables
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
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"The Seaside Travellers", Aesop's Fables
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
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Fables
Do nothing without regard to the consequences.
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"The Two Frogs", Aesop's Fables
We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
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Fables
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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I am sure the grapes are sour.
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"The Fox and the Grapes", Aesop's Fables
What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.
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"The Aethiop", Aesop's Fables
The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.
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"The Widow and the Sheep", Aesop's Fables
Example is more powerful than precept.
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"The Crab and Its Mother", Aesop's Fables