"Obscurity often brings safety." — Aesop
"Obscurity often brings safety."
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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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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil…
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Accept the things to which fate binds you, and love the people with whom fate brings you together, but do…
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Hurricane season brings a humbling reminder that, despite our technologies, most of nature remains unpredictable.
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Lies are sufficient to breed opinion, and opinion brings on substance.
— Francis Bacon
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of…
— Walter Bagehot
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For passion, be it observed, brings insight with it; it can give a sort of intelligence to simpletons, fools, and…
— Honore de Balzac
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Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive…
— Saint Basil
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Now, if you notice how the swan, putting its neck down into the deep water, brings up food for itself…
— Saint Basil
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Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.
— Melody Beattie
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It is not in giving life but in risking life that man is raised above the animal; that is why…
— Simone de Beauvoir
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Every day brings new choices.
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The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human…
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