It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
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Appearances often are deceiving.Aesop
Slow but steady wins the race.
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Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.
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In union there is strength. 'Union gives strength' is the version in The Fables of Aesop, ed. Joseph Jacobs, p. 87 (1964).
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
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Distrust interested advice.
Aesop
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