Aesop

Æsop (c. 620 – 564 BCE) Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. 

Please all, and you will please none.
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It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
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Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.
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A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.
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After all is said and done, more is said than done.
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Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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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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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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