"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the……" — Aesop
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office."
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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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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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Appearances are often deceiving.
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More Appoint Quotes
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What I don't like is judges legislating from the bench. And as president of the United States, I will appoint…
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Congress seems drugged and inert most of the time... its idea of meeting a problem is to hold hearings or,…
— Shirley Chisholm
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But I must add that the U.S. government must not, as by this order, undertake to run the churches. When…
— Abraham Lincoln
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What's next? Shall we appoint elephants to teach zoology?
— Roman Jakobson
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Because the union of a man and woman deserves an honored place in our society, I support the protection of…
— George W. Bush
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But I am pro-life and will intend, if I’m president of the United States, to encourage pro-life policies. [...] And…
— Mitt Romney
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The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate,…
— John Jay Hooker
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It's very simple. If the American people care about a lot of things including corruption in government, then, in fact,…
— Darrell Issa
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Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful.
— Louis XIV
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The key reason executives are paid so much now is that they appoint the members of the corporate board that…
— Paul Krugman
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In their nomination to office they will not appoint to the exercise of authority as to a pitiful job, but…
— Edmund Burke
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How can a good God appoint cruel people to positions of authority? The answer is simple: God is the originator…
— John Bevere
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