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The Fisher and the Little Fish

A little thing in hand is worth more than a great thing in prospect

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The Labourer and the Nightingale

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety

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The Horse, Hunter, and Stag

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs

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The Bald Man and the Fly

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies

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The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts

He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends

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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear

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The Fox and the Stork

One bad turn deserves another

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Androcles

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls

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The One-Eyed Doe

You cannot escape your fate

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The Wolf and the Kid

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance

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The Cat-Maiden

Nature will out

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The Lion and the Statue

We can easily represent things as we wish them to be

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The Dog in the Manger

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves

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The Nurse and the Wolf

Enemies' promises were made to be broken

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The Swallow and the Other Birds

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin

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The Fox and the Goat

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties

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The Crow and the Pitcher

Little by little does the trick

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The Tortoise and the Birds

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions

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The Two Crabs

Example is the best precept

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The Four Oxen and the Lion

United we stand, divided we fall

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The Miser and His Gold

Wealth unused might as well not exist

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The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar

The memory of a good deed lives on

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The Young Thief and His Mother

Train up a child in the way he should go

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Avaricious and Envious

Vices are their own punishment

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