Aesop Quotes
I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.
The value is in the worth, not in the number.
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemie...
Show MorePlease all, and you will please none.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts...
Show MoreIt is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the trut...
Show MoreKindness affects more than severity.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
It is vain to expect our prayers to be heard if we do not strive as well as pray.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
...convinced that in trying to please all, he had pleased none, and had lost his ass into the bargai...
Show MoreHe that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
Plodding wins the race.
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
After the rain cometh the fair weather.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
United we stand, divided we fall.
Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.
Though this may be play to you Tis death to us.
An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up the reed avoided be...
Show MoreInjuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.
Little by little does the trick.
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, i...
Show MoreIt is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
Example is the best precept.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.
Appearances are often deceiving.
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then kn...
Show MoreAll men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weaknes...
Show MoreMuch wants more and loses all.
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
Once a wolf, always a wolf.
The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But w...
Show MoreDo not waste your pity on a scamp.
I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the sam...
Show MoreNecessity is the mother of invention.
Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool
