Aesop Quotes
- Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
- Slow but steady wins the race.
- The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
- It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.
- Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
- It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
- It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
- The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
- He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
- It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
- Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
- Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
- We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
- We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
- If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
- Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
- Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.
- The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
- We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
- Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.