Aesop Quotes
- Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
- Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
- Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.
- There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his…
- All of us, the great and the little have need of each other.
- The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own…
- There is always someone worse off than yourself.
- Persuasion is better than force.
- A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.
- Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.
- If we really want something done, it is best to do it ourselves.
- We often despise what is most useful to us.
- Most arguments are useless.
- The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
- The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
- A word in season is most precious.
- He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.
- Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
- Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
- Kindness effects more than severity.