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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Adventure is worthwhile.

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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