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Aesop quotes, quotations, sayings

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Aesop
 1005    
In union there is strength.
Aesop
 1004    
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Aesop
 1004    
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Aesop
 1004    
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''
Aesop
 1004    
Little friends may prove great friends.
Aesop
 1004    
Familiarity breed contempt.
Aesop
 1004    
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Aesop
 1004    
Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.
Aesop
 1004    
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Aesop
 1004    
A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone.
Aesop
 1004    
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
Aesop
 1004    
Little by little does the trick.
Aesop
 1004    
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Aesop
 1004    
Appearances are deceptive.
Aesop
 1004    
Enemies promises were made to be broken.
Aesop
 1004    
Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
Aesop
 1004    
Obscurity brings safety.
Aesop
 1004    
He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another.
Aesop
 1004    
Plodding wins the race.
Aesop
 1004    
Slow and steady wins the race.
Aesop
 1004    
Union gives strength.
Aesop, The Bundle of Sticks
 1004    
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Aesop
 1004    
Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.
Aesop
 1004    
Example is the best precept.
Aesop
 1004    
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Aesop
 1004    
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Aesop
 1004    
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Aesop
 1004    
The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
Aesop
 1004    
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
Aesop
 1004    
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop
 1004    
Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.
Aesop
 1004    
It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
Aesop
 1004    
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
Aesop
 1004    
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
Aesop
 1004    
We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted.
Aesop
 1004    
It was prettily devised of Aesop, ''The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what dust do I raise! ''
Francis Bacon
 1004    
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Aesop
 1004    
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Aesop
 1004    
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Aesop
 1004    
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
Aesop
 1004    
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Aesop
 1004    
I am sure the grapes are sour.
Aesop
 1004    
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Aesop
 1004    
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Aesop
 1004    
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Aesop
 1004    
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop
 1004    
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop
 1004    
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Aesop
 1004    
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Aesop
 1004    


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