ThursdaySep 17, 2026
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The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.
The boy cried 'Wolf, wolf!' and the villagers came out to help him.
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
Union gives strength.
In union there is strength. 'Union gives strength' is the version in The Fables of Aesop, ed. Joseph Jacobs, p. 87 (1964).
United we stand. divided we fall.
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.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
You may share the labours of the great, but you will not share the spoil.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
I am sure the grapes are sour.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Please all, and you will please none.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Much outcry, little outcome.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Little friends may prove great friends.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A huge gap appeared in the side of the mountain. At last a tiny mouse came forth.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Our insignificance is the cause of our safety.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Aesop, that master storyteller of old, told this fable: A jar of honey was upset in a housekeeper's room, and a number of flies were attracted by its sweetness. Placing their feet in it, the flies ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and they were suffocated. Just as they were dying, they exclaimed: 'Oh, foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.'
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to findnothing.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Familiarity breeds contempt.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
We often give enemies the means of our own destruction.
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
The lamb began to follow the wolf in sheep's clothing.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Self conceit may lead to self destruction.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Distrust interested advice.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
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