"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes…" — Aesop
"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."
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170 Quotes by Aesop
Aesop has 170 quotes on this site.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
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No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
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Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
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A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
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Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
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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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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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Please all, and you will please none.
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Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth -…
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we…
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More Ale Quotes
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one of 57 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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Good ale, the true and proper drink of Englishmen. He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh…
— George Henry Borrow
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I should like a great lake of ale, for the King of Kings. I should like the family of heaven…
— Brigit of Kildare
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The roots and herbes beaten and put into new ale or beer and daily drunk, cleareth, strengtheneth and quickeneth the…
— Nicholas Culpeper
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Terence O'Ryan heard him and straightway brought him a crystal cup full of the foaming ebon ale which the noble…
— James Joyce
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I have fed purely upon ale; I have eat my ale, drank my ale, and I always sleep upon ale.
— George Farquhar
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Some brewers of Ale and Beere doe put it into their drinke to make it more heady, fit to please…
— Unknown Author
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Whoever takes just plain ginger ale soon gets drowned out of the conversation.
— Kin Hubbard
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The troubles of our proud and angry dust are from eternity, and shall not fail. Bear them we can, and…
— A. E. Housman
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The Rat, meanwhile, was busy examining the label on one of the beer-bottles. "I perceive this to be Old Burton,"…
— Kenneth Grahame
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She was luxuriously tired and her muscles felt sore from the unaccustomed strain of riding astride. Nothing had ever tasted…
— Kathleen Winsor
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I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of…
— Tom Petty
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Nothing quenches the thirst like a wheat beer, or sharpens the appetite like an India pale ale. Nothing goes as…
— Michael Jackson
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