Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Wolf and the Lamb
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Subject:
Wisdom
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Subject:
Wisdom
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Subject:
Birds
Source: The Jay and the Peacock
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Union gives strength.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Bundle of Sticks
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I am sure the grapes are sour.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Source: The Fox and the Grapes
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Slow and steady wins the race.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Hare and the Tortoise
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People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Subject:
Wisdom
Source: The Dog in the Manger
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Subject:
Advice
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Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Source: Hercules and the Wagoner
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
Subject:
Miscellaneous
Source: The Goose with the Golden Eggs
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another
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It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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