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He that always gives way to others will end in having no pri...The gods help them that help themselves....Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow...Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties....Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin....Little friends may prove great friends....There is always someone worse off than yourself....Gratitude is the sign of noble souls....United we stand, divided we fall....Appearances often are deceiving....It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds....Only cowards insult dying majesty....Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit and it is but co...Familiarity breed contempt....Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an ene...Don't let your special character and values, the secret that...Any excuse will serve a tyrant....Plodding wins the race....It is easy to despise what you cannot get....A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man b...Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth....We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction....Do not count your chickens before they are hatched....Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing....You may share the labours of the great, but you may not shar...It is easy to be brave from a safe distance....Please all, and you will please none....Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction....Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything....Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear....A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth....A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in ...We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified....It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again....It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they ...In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the ...The smaller the mind the greater the conceit....Persuasion is often more effectual than force....Put your shoulder to the wheel....Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own...We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to publ...What a splendid head, yet no brain....People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves...Union gives strength....It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow....The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the ea...I am sure the grapes are sour....Slow and steady wins the race....I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and col...No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted....While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out....Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, h...