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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.

The gods help them that help themselves.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Union gives strength.

United we stand, divided we fall.

What a splendid head, yet no brain.

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.

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

Familiarity breed contempt.

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.

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