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1. "If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself." ~ Aesop
2. "Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave" ~ Aesop
3. "Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain" ~ Aesop
4. "Facts speak plainer than words" ~ Aesop
5. "It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it" ~ Aesop
6. "No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward" ~ Aesop
7. "Those who suffer most cry out the least." ~ Aesop
8. "An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain,Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away,But that I know your old familiar bray'.That's just the way with asses, just the way." ~ Aesop
9. "All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack." ~ Aesop
10. "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." ~ Aesop
11. "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." ~ Aesop
12. "After all is said and done, more is said than done." ~ Aesop
13. "Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." ~ Aesop
14. "The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over." ~ Aesop
15. "The smaller the mind the greater the conceit." ~ Aesop
16. "Familiarity breeds contempt." ~ Aesop
17. "He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own." ~ Aesop
18. "Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin." ~ Aesop
19. "I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour." ~ Aesop
20. "Much wants more and loses all." ~ Aesop
21. "THE WOLF AND THE LAMB A Wolf came upon a Lamb straying from the flock," ~ Aesop
22. "United we stand, divided we fall." ~ Aesop
23. "Adventure is worthwhile." ~ Aesop
24. "Slow but steady wins the race." ~ Aesop
25. "People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves." ~ Aesop
26. "No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth" ~ Aesop
27. "The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales." ~ Aesop
28. "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." ~ Aesop
29. "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." ~ Aesop
30. "The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent gusts only made the man hold his clothes tightly around him, and when it blew harder still the cold made him so uncomfortable that he put on an extra wrap. Eventually the wind got tired of it and handed him over to the sun. The sun shone first with moderate warmth, which made the man take off his topcoat. Then it blazed fiercely, till, unable to stand the heat, he stripped and went off to a bathe in a nearby river. Persuasion is more effective than force." ~ Aesop
31. "Be content with your lot; once cannot be first in everything." ~ Aesop
32. "Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself." ~ Aesop
33. "And yet surely to alchemy this right is due, that it may be compared to the husbandman whereof Aesop makes the fable, that when he died he told his sons that he had left unto them gold buried under the ground in his vineyard: and they digged over the ground, gold they found none, but by reason of their stirring and digging the mould about the roots of their vines, they had a great vintage the year following: so assuredly the search and stir to make gold hath brought to light a great number of good and fruitful inventions and experiments, as well for the disclosing of nature as for the use of man's life." ~ Aesop
34. "It is easy to be brave at a safe distance." ~ Aesop
35. "Little by little does the trick." ~ Aesop
36. "It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters." ~ Aesop
37. "Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten" ~ Aesop
38. "It is easy to despise what you cannot get" ~ Aesop
39. "The AstronomerAN ASTRONOMER used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wandered through the suburbs with his whole attention fixed on the sky, he fell accidentally into a deep well. While he lamented and bewailed his sores and bruises, and cried loudly for help, a neighbor ran to the well, and learning what had happened said: "Hark ye, old fellow, why, in striving to pry into what is in heaven, do you not manage to see what is on earth?" ~ Aesop
40. "THE FOX AND THE CROWA Crow was sitting on a branch of a tree with a piece of cheese in her beak when a Fox observed her and set his wits to work to discover some way of getting the cheese. Coming and standing under the tree he looked up and said, "What a noble bird I see above me! Her beauty is without equal, the hue of her plumage exquisite. If only her voice is as sweet as her looks are fair, she ought without doubt to be Queen of the Birds." The Crow was hugely flattered by this, and just to show the Fox that she could sing she gave a loud caw. Down came the cheese, of course, and the Fox, snatching it up, said, "You have a voice, madam, I see: what you want is wits." ~ Aesop
41. "Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing." ~ Aesop
42. "Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself." ~ Aesop
43. "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched" ~ Aesop
44. "Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis." ~ Aesop
45. "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." ~ Aesop
46. "I don't think it's much use your looking for the brains: a creature who twice walked into a lions den can't have got any." ~ Aesop
47. "If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous." ~ Aesop
48. "Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations." ~ Aesop
49. "The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes." ~ Aesop
50. "A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing." ~ Aesop
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