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Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.

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Strong, Giving, Weak
Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.48

I am sure the grapes are sour.

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Grapes, Sour
"The Fox and the Grapes". A fable by Aesop,

He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.

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Political, Politics, Audience

We often despise what is most useful to us.

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Life, Wise, Wisdom
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.26, Pelekanos Books

After the rain cometh the fair weather.

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Rain, Weather, After The Rain

We learn from the things we suffer.

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Suffering

It is easy to despise what you cannot get

Aesop
Failure, Easy, Despise
Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.20, Penguin

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

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Long, Toil, Ease

A word in season is most precious.

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Life, Precious Life, Seasons
Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.98

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

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Broken, Promise, Enemy
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.47, Pelekanos Books

The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.

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Cat, Mark

Clumsy jesting is no joke.

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Humor, Jokes, Clumsy
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.11, Pelekanos Books

Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.

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Terror, Dies

Don't go looking for trouble.

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War, Trouble

The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.

Aesop
Gains
Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Aesop

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

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Suffering, Cry
Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.29, Aesop

The more honor, the more danger.

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Honor, Danger
Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.53, Aesop

What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.

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Sticks, Flesh, Bones
Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.33, Lulu.com

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

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Yield, Peer Pressure
Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.46, Lulu Press, Inc

The memory of a good deed lives.

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Memories, Deeds, Good Deeds
Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)”, p.415, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

It pays to be content with your lot.

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Gratitude, Pay

It is easy to kick a person when he is down.

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Virtue, Easy, Kicks
Albert Cullum, Aesop (1972). “Aesop in the afternoon”

There can be little liking where there is no likeness.

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Littles, Affinity
Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.39

Slow but steady wins the race.

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Winning, Race, Literature
Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, Aesop

Being a good example teaches others to be good.

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Example, Teach, Be Good

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