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United we stand, divided we fall.

Attributed to Aesop, Popularized by John Dickinson

What soberness conceals, drunkenness reveals.

Popular culture

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Socrates

The race is not always to the swift, but to those who keep on running.

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Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori.

Horace

In times of peace, prepare for war.

Niccolò Machiavelli

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Publilius Syrus

Know thyself.

Ancient Greek maxim (associated with Socrates and Plato)

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

Popular culture

Appearances can be deceiving.

Popular Culture (variously attributed, including Aesop's Fables)