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Aesop Quotes
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Type: Author Quotes Category: Greek Author Quotes Year of Birth: 620 BC Year of Death: 560 BC Nationality: Greek Find on Amazon: Aesop Related Authors: Henry David Thoreau Mark Twain Samuel Johnson Victor Hugo George Eliot George Orwell Gertrude Stein Henry Miller |
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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 A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. Aesop Adventure is worthwhile. 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 After all is said and done, more is said than done. Aesop Any excuse will serve a tyrant. Aesop Appearances are often deceiving. Aesop Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. Aesop Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. Aesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. Aesop Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. 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 Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. Aesop Example is the best precept. Aesop Familiarity breeds contempt. Aesop Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. Aesop He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. Aesop He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. Aesop If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. Aesop Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. Aesop It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. Aesop It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. Aesop It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. Aesop It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. Aesop It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. Aesop Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. Aesop Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. Aesop No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. Aesop Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. Aesop Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. Aesop People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. Aesop Persuasion is often more effectual than force. Aesop Please all, and you will please none. Aesop Plodding wins the race. Aesop Put your shoulder to the wheel. Aesop Self-conceit may lead to self destruction. Aesop Slow but steady wins the race. Aesop The gods help them that help themselves. Aesop The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. Aesop The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted. Aesop The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over. Aesop The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. Aesop The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. Aesop United we stand, divided we fall. Aesop We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. Aesop We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. Aesop We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. Aesop |
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