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"A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains.""
"Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window"
"We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are."
"The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'"
"Self-help is the best help"
"Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden."
"Example is more powerful than precept."
"A word in season is most precious."
"Clumsy jesting is no joke."
"Appearances are deceiving."
"Being a good example teaches others to be good."
"We learn from the things we suffer."
"Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong."
"The gods help them who help themselves."
"The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes."
"None but those who work are entitled to eat."
"If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?"
"It is useless attacking the insensible."
"Those who seek to please everybody please nobody."
"All of us, the great and the little have need of each other."