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- Put your shoulder to the wheel.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Hercules and the Wagoner
- The gods help them that help themselves.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Hercules and the Wagoner
- We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Old Man and Death
- Union gives strength.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Bundle of Sticks
- 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.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Lion, the Fox, and the Beasts
- 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.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Eagle and the Arrow
- Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
- Have no friends not equal to yourself.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC), The Confucian Analects
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