Aesop Quotations

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

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.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

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

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

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.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.

Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.

Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.

Do not attempt too much at once.

If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

Every man should be content to mind his own business.

Acquaintance softens prejudice.

If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.

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.

I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

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

Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.

The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."

Appearances are deceptive.

Kindness is more persuasive than force.

The cat always leaves a mark on his friend.

Always stop to think whether your fun may be the cause of another's unhappiness

Better poverty without care, than riches with.

It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

Obscurity brings safety.

The memory of a good deed lives.

If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning.

Clumsy jesting is no joke.

He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.

Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.

Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.

Here is an Unity Quote that we have all known since school: United we stand; divided we fall.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

We learn from the things we suffer.

He that has many friends, has no friends.

Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.

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

The more honor, the more danger.

He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.

It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

Now we the American working population Hate the fact that eight hours a day Is wasted on chasing the dream of someone that isn't us. And we may not hate our jobs, But we hate jobs in general That don't have to do with fighting our own causes. We the American working population Hate the nine-to-five, day-in day-out When we'd rather be supporting ourselves By being paid to perfect the pastimes That we have harbored based solely on the fact That it makes us smile if it sounds dope.

A false tale often betrays itself.

A man is known by the company he keeps

We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.

Plodding wins the race.

It is useless attacking the insensible.

He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.

It is easy to kick a person when he is down.

Don't go looking for trouble.

Implementation beats oration.

Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.

United we stand, divided we fall.