Aesop
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Classical Athens
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
Example is the best precept.