Aesop, that master storyteller of old, told this fable A jar of honey was upset in a housekeeper's room, and a number of flies were attracted by its sweetness. Placing their feet in it, the flies ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and they were suffocated. Just as they were dying, they exclaimed 'Oh, foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.'
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Appearances are deceptive.Aesop
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.
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Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
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Familiarity breeds contempt.
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I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
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The boy cried 'Wolf, wolf' and the villagers came out to help him.
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