Greek storyteller (620 B.C.-564 B.C.)
Pride goes before destruction.
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"The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle", Aesop's Fables
The great do not always prevail.
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"The Mouse and the Bull", Aesop's Fables
Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
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The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.
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"The Wolf and the Lamb", Aesop's Fables
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.
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"The Countryman and the Snake", Aesop's Fables
A man should either not converse with kings at all, or say what is agreeable to them.
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attributed, Day's Collacon
Every one is more or less master of his own fate.
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"The Traveller and Fortune", Aesop's Fables
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", Aesop's Fables
Every man for himself.
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"The Three Tradesmen", Aesop's Fables
The greatest benefits will not bind the ungrateful.
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"The Farmer and the Snake", Aesop's Fables
Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature.
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Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.
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"The North Wind and the Sun", Aesop's Fables
Union gives strength.
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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
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"The Jay and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables
Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
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"The Two Dogs", Aesop's Fables
Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
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"The Crow and Raven", Aesop's Fables
Every tale is not to be believed.
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"The Thief and the Innkeeper", Aesop's Fables
Stoop to conquer.
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"The Oak and the Reeds", Aesop's Fables
The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.
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