Greek storyteller (620 B.C.-564 B.C.)
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Please all, and you will please none.
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Necessity is the mother of invention.
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Slow and steady wins the race.
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"The Tortoise and the Hare", Aesop's Fables
Don't cry over spilt milk.
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"The Milkmaid and Her Pail", Aesop's Fables
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
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"The Ants and the Grasshopper", Aesop's Fables
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
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"The Milkmaid and Her Pail", Aesop's Fables
United we stand; divided we fall.
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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
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"The Raven and the Swan", Aesop's Fables
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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"The Lion and the Mouse", Aesop's Fables
Equals make the best friends.
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"The Two Pots", Aesop's Fables
Honesty is the best policy.
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"The Horse and the Groom", Aesop's Fables
Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.
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"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", Aesop's Fables
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
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Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.
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"The Heifer and the Fox", Aesop's Fables
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
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"The Bee and Jupiter", Aesop's Fables
A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
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Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.
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"The Grasshopper and the Ants", Aesop's Fables
Look before you leap.
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"The Fox and the Goat", Aesop's Fables