Flight towards preferment will be but slow without some golden feathers.
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If the lion's skin falls short, piece it out with that of the fox.
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The carrion which the eagle has left feeds the crow.
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They can do least who boast loudest.
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Avoid strife with those in power.
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The remembrance of past pleasures adds to present sorrows.
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