We often give our enemies the means for... by Aesop | We Heart Quotes

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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

- Aesop

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Will

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

- Aesop

Comfort

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

- Aesop

Race

Plodding wins the race.

- Aesop

Office

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

- Aesop

Content First

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

- Aesop

Birds

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

- Aesop

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