Quotes Compiled - Aesop

Greek Author 620 BC - 564 BC


In dangerous times wise men say nothing.
/ Aesop /


No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
/ Aesop /


A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
/ Aesop /


We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
/ Aesop /


After all is said and done, more is said than done.
/ Aesop /


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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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"Appearances are often deceiving.
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"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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"A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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"Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
/ Aesop /


"Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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"We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
/ Aesop /


"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."
/ Aesop /


"Example is the best precept."
/ Aesop /


"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."
/ Aesop /


"Slow but steady wins the race."
/ Aesop /


"Familiarity breeds contempt."
/ Aesop /


"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."
/ Aesop /


"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."
/ Aesop /


"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."
/ Aesop /


"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."
/ Aesop /


"If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs."
/ Aesop /


"A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth."
/ Aesop /


"After all is said and done, more is said than done."
/ Aesop /


"United we stand, divided we fall."
/ Aesop /


"Please all, and you will please none."
/ Aesop /


"It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters."
/ Aesop /


"Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin."
/ Aesop /


"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."
/ Aesop /


"He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another."
/ Aesop /


"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over."
/ Aesop /


"Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten."
/ Aesop /


"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow."
/ Aesop /


"It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow."
/ Aesop /


"A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him."
/ Aesop /


"Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing."
/ Aesop /


"The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales."
/ Aesop /


"He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own."
/ Aesop /


"Self-conceit may lead to self destruction."
/ Aesop /


"Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in."
/ Aesop /


"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
/ Aesop /


"Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either."
/ Aesop /


"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."
/ Aesop /


"The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted."
/ Aesop /


"Do not count your chickens before they are hatched."
/ Aesop /


"The smaller the mind the greater the conceit."
/ Aesop /


"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."
/ Aesop /


"Adventure is worthwhile."
/ Aesop /


"We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance."
/ Aesop /


"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
/ Aesop /


"Plodding wins the race."
/ Aesop /


"The gods help them that help themselves."
/ Aesop /


"Put your shoulder to the wheel."
/ Aesop /


"Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety."
/ Aesop /


"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."
/ Aesop /


"It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray."
/ Aesop /
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