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- To know that you do not know is the best.
To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- The Way of Heaven is to benefit others and not to injure.
The Way of the sage is to act but not to compete. - Lao-tzu (604 BC - 531 BC), The Way of Lao-tzu
- Appearances often are deceiving.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
- No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Lion and the Mouse
- Slow and steady wins the race.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise
- Familiarity breed contempt.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Fox and the Lion
- A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
- People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Dog in the Manger
- Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Juno and the Peacock
- We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Old Man and Death
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