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A man who suddenly becomes generous may please fools, but he will not deceive the wise. - [Generosity] Bores to themselves, to others caviar. - [Bores] Every man is bound to tolerate the act of which be himself has set the example. - [Example] Everyone is bound to bear patiently the results of his own example. - [Results] He deservedly loses his own property, who covets that of another. - [Covetousness] He who assists the wicked will in time rue it. - [Proverbs] He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth. - [Proverbs] He who trusts himself for safety to the care of a wicked man, in seeking succour meets with ruin. - [Proverbs] Hence we cannot see our own faults; when others transgress we become censors. - [Selfishness] However exalted our position, we should still not despise the powers of the humble. - [Proverbs] Judge of a tree by its fruit, not by its leaves. - [Proverbs] Liars pay the penalty of their own misdeeds. - [Proverbs] Oh, rare the headpiece, if but brains were there! - [Brain] Out of breath to no possible purpose; in attempting everything, doing nothing. - [Proverbs] Relaxation should at times be given to the mind, the better to fit it for toil when resumed. - [Proverbs] Strangers he gulls, but friends make fun of him. - [Friendship] Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you. - [Evil] Success brings many to ruin. - [Proverbs] The Athenians erected a large statue of Aesop, and placed him, though a slave, on a lasting pedestal, to show that the way to honor lies open indifferently to all. - [Honor] The master looks sharpest to his own business. - [Business] The mind ought sometimes to be the amused, that it may the better return to thought, and to itself. - [Amusements] The poor man, while he apes the wealthy, effects his own ruin. [The fable of frog and the cow.] - [Proverbs] The soft speeches of the wicked are full of deceit. - [Proverbs] The success of the wicked tempts many to sin. - [Proverbs] Those who plot the destruction of others often perish in the attempt. - [Proverbs : Revenge] Displaying page 1 of 3 for this author: Next >> [1] 2 3
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