It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
Aesop in The Goose with the Golden Eggs
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Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.