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- 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
- I am sure the grapes are sour.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Fox and the Grapes
- 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
- It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Ant and the Grasshopper
- Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Dog and the Shadow
- Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Goose with the Golden Eggs
- Put your shoulder to the wheel.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Hercules and the Wagoner
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