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- Slow and steady wins the race.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Hare and the Tortoise
- It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Jay and the Peacock
- 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
- I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), The Man and the Satyr
- 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
- The gods help them that help themselves.
- Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC), Hercules and the Wagoner
- 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
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