"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."
"A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness."
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Source: Edward J. Detmold, Aesop (2014). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.57, Courier Corporation
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