Aesop Quotes (47 quotations)
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1. A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. - Aesop
2. 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. - Aesop
3. Adventure is worthwhile. - Aesop
4. Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. - Aesop
5. After all is said and done, more is said than done. - Aesop
6. Any excuse will serve a tyrant. - Aesop
7. Appearances often are deceiving. - Aesop
8. Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. - Aesop
9. Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. - Aesop
10. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. - Aesop
11. Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. - Aesop
12. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop
13. Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it. - Aesop
14. Example is the best precept. - Aesop
15. Familiarity breed contempt. - Aesop
16. He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. - Aesop
17. I am sure the grapes are sour. - Aesop
18. I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath. - Aesop
19. If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. - Aesop
20. In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest. - Aesop
21. It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. - Aesop
22. It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. - Aesop
23. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. - Aesop
24. It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. - Aesop
25. It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters. - Aesop
2. 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. - Aesop
3. Adventure is worthwhile. - Aesop
4. Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. - Aesop
5. After all is said and done, more is said than done. - Aesop
6. Any excuse will serve a tyrant. - Aesop
7. Appearances often are deceiving. - Aesop
8. Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. - Aesop
9. Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. - Aesop
10. Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. - Aesop
11. Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. - Aesop
12. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. - Aesop
13. Everybody has that thing where they need to look one way but they come out looking another way and that's what people observe. You see someone on the street and essentially what you notice about them is the flaw. It's just extraordinary that we should have been given these peculiarities. Something is ironic in the world and it has to do with the fact that what you intend never comes out like you intend it. - Aesop
14. Example is the best precept. - Aesop
15. Familiarity breed contempt. - Aesop
16. He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. - Aesop
17. I am sure the grapes are sour. - Aesop
18. I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath. - Aesop
19. If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs. - Aesop
20. In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest. - Aesop
21. It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. - Aesop
22. It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. - Aesop
23. It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. - Aesop
24. It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. - Aesop
25. It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters. - Aesop
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