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| 1. | 560 BC |
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| 2. | 620 BC |
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| 3. | A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. |
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| 4. | 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. |
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| 5. | A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. |
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| 6. | Adventure is worthwhile. |
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| 7. | Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. |
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| 8. | After all is said and done, more is said than done. |
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| 9. | Any excuse will serve a tyrant. |
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| 10. | Appearances are often deceiving. |
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| 11. | Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. |
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| 12. | Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. |
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| 13. | Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
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| 14. | Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. |
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| 15. | Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. |
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| 16. | Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. |
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| 17. | 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. |
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| 18. | Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. |
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| 19. | Example is the best precept. |
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| 20. | Familiarity breeds contempt. |
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| 21. | Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. |
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| 22. | He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. |
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| 23. | He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. |
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| 24. | If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. |
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| 25. | Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. |
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| 26. | It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. |
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| 27. | It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. |
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| 28. | It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. |
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| 29. | It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. |
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| 30. | It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. |
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| 31. | Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. |
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| 32. | Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. |
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| 33. | No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. |
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| 34. | Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. |
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| 35. | Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. |
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| 36. | People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. |
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| 37. | Persuasion is often more effectual than force. |
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| 38. | Please all, and you will please none. |
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| 39. | Plodding wins the race. |
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| 40. | Put your shoulder to the wheel. |
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| 41. | Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. |
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| 42. | Slow but steady wins the race. |
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| 43. | The gods help them that help themselves. |
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| 44. | The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. |
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| 45. | The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. |
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| 46. | The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. |
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| 47. | The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. |
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| 48. | The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. |
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| 49. | United we stand, divided we fall. |
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| 50. | We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. |
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| 51. | We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. |
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| 52. | We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. |
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| 53. | We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. |
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