Aesop quotes
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“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
-- AesopSource : Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36
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“Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.”
-- AesopSource : Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28
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“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.”
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“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.”
-- Aesop#Inspirational Quotes #Thanksgiving Quotes #Spiritual Quotes
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“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”
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“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
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“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.”
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“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
-- AesopSource : Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation
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“Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.”
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“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”
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“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”
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“Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool”
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“There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.”
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“Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.”
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“People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.”
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“He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.”
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“Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain”
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“It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.”
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“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
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“once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.”
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“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
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“The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.”
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“In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.”
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“You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.”
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“Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”
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“Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.”
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“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
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“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”
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“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”
-- Aesop#Happiness Quotes #You Make Me Happy Quotes #Comforting Quotes
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“Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
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“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”
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“Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.”
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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
-- AesopSource : Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes
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“It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”
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“The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.”
-- AesopSource : Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.251, The Floating Press
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“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
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“Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.”
-- AesopSource : Aesop, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1939). “Æsop's Fables”
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“Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.”
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“Better to starve free than be a fat slave”
-- AesopSource : Barbara McClintock, Aesop (2012). “Animal Fables from Aesop”, p.48, David R. Godine Publisher
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“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”
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“Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.”
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“If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.”
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“All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.”
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“Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.”
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“I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.”
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