We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Aesop in The Dog in the Manger
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop in The Dog and the Shadow
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Aesop in The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
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