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| Quote #1: | "He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own." |
| Quote #2: | "The gods help them that help themselves." |
| Quote #3: | "Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow." |
| Quote #4: | "Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties." |
| Quote #5: | "Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin." |
| Quote #6: | "Little friends may prove great friends." |
| Quote #7: | "There is always someone worse off than yourself." |
| Quote #8: | "Gratitude is the sign of noble souls." |
| Quote #9: | "United we stand, divided we fall." |
| Quote #10: | "Appearances often are deceiving." |
| Quote #11: | "It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds." |
| Quote #12: | "Only cowards insult dying majesty." |
| Quote #13: | "Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in." |
| Quote #14: | "Familiarity breed contempt." |
| Quote #15: | "Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful." |
| Quote #16: | "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." |
| Quote #17: | "Any excuse will serve a tyrant." |
| Quote #18: | "Plodding wins the race." |
| Quote #19: | "It is easy to despise what you cannot get." |
| Quote #20: | "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." |
| Quote #21: | "Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth." |
| Quote #22: | "We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." |
| Quote #23: | "Do not count your chickens before they are hatched." |
| Quote #24: | "Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing." |
| Quote #25: | "You may share the labours of the great, but you may not share the spoil." |
| Quote #26: | "It is easy to be brave from a safe distance." |
| Quote #27: | "Please all, and you will please none." |
| Quote #28: | "Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction." |
| Quote #29: | "Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything." |
| Quote #30: | "Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear." |
| Quote #31: | "A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." |
| Quote #32: | "A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety." |
| Quote #33: | "We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified." |
| Quote #34: | "It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again." |
| Quote #35: | "It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters." |
| Quote #36: | "In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest." |
| Quote #37: | "The smaller the mind the greater the conceit." |
| Quote #38: | "Persuasion is often more effectual than force." |
| Quote #39: | "Put your shoulder to the wheel." |
| Quote #40: | "Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own." |
| Quote #41: | "We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." |
| Quote #42: | "What a splendid head, yet no brain." |
| Quote #43: | "People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves." |
| Quote #44: | "Union gives strength." |
| Quote #45: | "It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow." |
| Quote #46: | "The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction." |
| Quote #47: | "I am sure the grapes are sour." |
| Quote #48: | "Slow and steady wins the race." |
| Quote #49: | "I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath." |
| Quote #50: | "No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted." |
| Quote #51: | "While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again." |
| Quote #52: | "Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing." |
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