AESOP QUOTES V

Greek storyteller (620 B.C.-564 B.C.)

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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Fables

Tags: wisdom, silence


The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

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"The Kites and the Swans", Aesop's Fables

Tags: desire


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

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"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", Aesop's Fables

Tags: peace


Pride goes before destruction.

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"The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle", Aesop's Fables

Tags: pride


Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

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"The Vain Jackdaw", Aesop's Fables


Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

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"The Traveller and Fortune", Aesop's Fables

Tags: fate


The greatest benefits will not bind the ungrateful.

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"The Farmer and the Snake", Aesop's Fables

Tags: ingratitude


It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

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"The Jay and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables

Tags: birds


Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

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"The Countryman and the Snake", Aesop's Fables

Tags: evil, kindness


In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

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"The Wolf and the Crane", Aesop's Fables


Union gives strength.

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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables

Tags: teamwork, strength


Every man for himself.

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"The Three Tradesmen", Aesop's Fables


Stoop to conquer.

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"The Oak and the Reeds", Aesop's Fables


None but those who work are entitled to eat.

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"The Brazier and His Dog", Aesop's Fables

Tags: work, eating


Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

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"The North Wind and the Sun", Aesop's Fables


Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature.

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Fables

Tags: nature, identity


The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

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Fables

Tags: conceit, mind


If words suffice not, blows must follow.

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"The Farmer and the Cranes", Aesop's Fables

Tags: words


Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

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Fables


Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

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"The Two Dogs", Aesop's Fables

Tags: children, faults