Random Quotes
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.Aesop, 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, 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, The Goose with the Golden Eggs
Put your shoulder to the wheel.Aesop, Hercules and the Wagoner
The gods help them that help themselves.Aesop, Hercules and the Wagoner
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.Aesop, The Old Man and Death
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.Andre Gide
Union gives strength.Aesop, The Bundle of Sticks
Fine words and an insinuating appearance are seldom associated with true virtue.Confucius, 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, The Confucian Analects