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Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
Uninvited guests are often most welcome when they leave
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.
To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A fair-minded person tries to see both sides of an argument.
All of us, the great and the little have need of each other.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.
Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.
Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.
He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.
If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.
Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.
He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.
It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.
If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.
Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most