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

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Appearances often are deceiving.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

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

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

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

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The gods help them that help themselves.

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.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

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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