Aesop

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Biography of Aesop
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Quote	Categories	Rating
"The gods help them that help themselves."	Help
"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."	Military, War
"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."	Adversity, Difficulty, Honesty
"Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin."	Age, Destruction, Evil
"Little friends may prove great friends."	Excellence, Friends
"There is always someone worse off than yourself."	Miscellaneous
"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."	Miscellaneous
"United we stand, divided we fall."	Miscellaneous
"Appearances often are deceiving."	Miscellaneous
"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."	Miscellaneous
"Only cowards insult dying majesty."	Death, Insults, Military
"Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in."	Miscellaneous
"Familiarity breeds contempt."	Miscellaneous
"Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful."	Faith, Friends, Loyalty
"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."	Character, Excellence, Honesty
"Appearances are deceiving."	Miscellaneous
"Any excust will serve a tyrant."	Miscellaneous
"Plodding wins the race."	Miscellaneous
"It is easy to despise what you cannot get."	Miscellaneous
"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."	Doubt, Friends, Knowledge
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