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Better to starve free than be a fat slave

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Do nothing without regard to the consequences.

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We often despise what is most useful to us.

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The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.

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An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.

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It is absurd to ape our betters.

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It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

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Each person has his strong point.

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Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

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A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

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The more you want, the more you stand to lose

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It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

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Self-help is the best help

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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.

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The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

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Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

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Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

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Vices are their own punishment

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If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.

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