Aesop

Quotes

Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.
United we stand, divided we fall.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Plodding wins the race.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
I am sure the grapes are sour.
Slow and steady wins the race.
Familiarity breed contempt.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Union gives strength.
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
Look before you leap.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.