“Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.”
Source: The Padlock, etc
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“Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.”
Source: The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot
“Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.”
“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
Source: Aesop's fables
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
“Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.”
Source: Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources
Source: The Fables of Aesop
“Please all, and you will please none.”
Source: Aesop's fables
Source: Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources
“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
Source: Aesop's fables
“It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.”
Source: Æsop's fables: an anthology of the fabulists of all countries
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
Source: The Fables of Aesop
Source: Æsop's Fables: a new version ... By Thomas James ... With ... illustrations, designed by John Tenniel
“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
Source: Best loved fables of Aesop
“Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.”
Source: Aesop's fables
“Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”
Source: Aesop's fables
Source: Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie
Source: The Life of General Washington: First President of the United States