Aesop Quotes

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• The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

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  Life, Gratitude, Grateful

  Edward J. Detmold, Aesop (2014). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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• Great determination can overcome most odds.

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  Determination, Odds, Overcoming

  Graeme Kent, Eric Kincaid, Aesop (1990). “Aesop's fables: a collection of Aesop's fables”, Checkerboard Pr

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

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  Witty, Government, Political Will

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

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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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• 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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• Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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  Life, Fables, Appearance

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.21, Lulu Press, Inc

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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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• 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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• All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

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  Men, Concerned, Acquire

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables”, p.198, Collector's Library

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• Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

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  Hands, Tyrants, Evil

  Aesop (1913). “Æsop's fables: an anthology of the fabulists of all countries”, J. M. Dent & Sons, ltd.

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• To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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  War, Guarantees, Wells

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.82

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• Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

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  Needs, May, Today

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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• Keep your place in life and your place will keep you

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  Life, Place In Life

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• If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

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  Education, Nice, Gossip

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• A man is known by the company he keeps

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  Life, Men, Fables

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.109, Sheba Blake Publishing

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• Implementation beats oration.

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  Work, Beats, Implementation

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

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  Reality, Giving, Advice

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• The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

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  Happiness, You Make Me Happy, Comforting

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

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

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• Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most

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  Hurt, Fables, Cry

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Penguin

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• Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

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  Running, Risk, Trying

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

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  Tyrants, Tyranny, Pretext

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.18, Aesop

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• The gods help them who help themselves.

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  Self Esteem, Helping, God Help

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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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