Aesop Quotes

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

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  Reality, Giving, Advice

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• In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

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  Pain, Being Thankful, Wicked

  "Aesop’s Fables".

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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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• It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

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  Plans, One Thing

  Aesop (2007). “Aesop's Fables”, p.127, Penguin UK

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• Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

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  Inspirational, Thanksgiving, Thankful

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.24, Pelekanos Books

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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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• In union there is strength.

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  Strength, Teamwork, Community

  Ann McGovern, Aesop, Arthur Geisert (1990). “Aesop's Fables”, p.62, Scholastic 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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• The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

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  Life, Suffering, Injury

  Aesop (1809). “Select Fables of Aesop and Other Fabulists: In Three Books”, p.240

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• Little by little does the trick.

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  Wisdom, Relaxation, Doe

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.56, Pelekanos Books

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• A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

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  Men, Feel Good, Enemy

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.107

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• Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.

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  Educational, Sheep, Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

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• Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

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  Kindness, Long, Evil

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.21, Courier Corporation

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• He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end.

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  Gratitude, May, Ends

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

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• If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.

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  Believe, Fables, Companion

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.308, Aesop

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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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• Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

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  Adversity, Tests, Sincerity

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.54, Penguin

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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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• We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.

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  Conflict, Should

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

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