Aesop Quotes

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• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

  Aesop

  Witty, Government, Political Will

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• One story sounds good until another is told

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  Sound, Stories

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• Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.

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  Men, Two, Bags

  Aesop, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1939). “Æsop's Fables”

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

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  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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• Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

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  Growing Up, Evil, Ruins

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

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  Wisdom, Bullying, Conceited

  Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.251, The Floating Press

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• Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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  Kissing, Faithful, Enemy

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• Facts speak plainer than words

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  Facts, Speak

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

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  Opportunity, Waiting, Want

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• He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

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  Trusted

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.86

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• Kindness is more persuasive than force.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Kindness

  Albert Cullum, Aesop (1972). “Aesop in the afternoon”

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  Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36

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• Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

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  Government, May, Anarchy

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• The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

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  Loss, Blessing, Desire

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.55, Lulu.com

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• A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".

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  Family, Teamwork, Father

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• In a crisis, give help first and then advice.

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  Reality, Giving, Advice

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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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  Inspirational, Truth, Two Sides

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28

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• Vices are their own punishment

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  Life, Wisdom, Punishment

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.55, Pelekanos Books

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• An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.

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  Strength, Strong, Wind

  Aesop, Lloyd W. Daly (1961). “Aesop without morals: the famous fables, and a life of Aesop, newly translated and edited by Lloyd W. Daly. Illustrated by Grace Muscarella”

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• It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

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  Farewell, Confusion, Childhood

  Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.19, First Avenue Editions

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• Better to starve free than be a fat slave

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  4th Of July, Slavery, Fats

  Barbara McClintock, Aesop (2012). “Animal Fables from Aesop”, p.48, David R. Godine Publisher

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• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

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  Courage, Distance, Army

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

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  Fame, Notoriety, Mistaken

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.26, GENERAL PRESS

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• Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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  Fake Friends, Fables, Ruined

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.18, GENERAL PRESS

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• Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

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  Silly, Clothes, May

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Lulu Press, Inc

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