Aesop Quotes - Page 4

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• It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

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  Being Yourself, Bird, Fables

  "The Jay and the Peacock". A fable by Aesop,

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• Good things come in small packages.

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  Humility, Nsa, Good Things

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

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• Appearances often are deceiving.

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  Wisdom, Lying, Deceit

  "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

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• A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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  Liars, Lying, Literature

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.44, Pelekanos Books

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• Once a wolf, always a wolf.

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  Aesop (2013). “The Aesop for Children”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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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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• People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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  Relationship, People, Greed

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.41, Pelekanos Books

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• If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

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  Men, Political, Purpose

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.33, Pelekanos Books

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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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• Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own.

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  People, Misfortunes

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• The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

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  Success, Kindness, Congratulations

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• The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

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  Kindness, Ungrateful, Ingratitude

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.13, Lulu.com

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• We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

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  Reality, Mind, Looks

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• He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.

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  Strife, Discord

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.87

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• Zeal should not outrun discretion.

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  Should, Zeal, Outrun

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.17, Lulu.com

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• Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

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  Life, Character, Individuality

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• Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.

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  Fear, Poverty, Midst

  Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.28, First Avenue Editions

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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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• A false tale often betrays itself.

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  Lying, Tales, Betray

  Aesop (1968). “Aesop's Fables”, p.337, Library of Alexandria

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• All of us, the great and the little have need of each other.

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  Needs, Littles

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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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• 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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• Don't cry over spilt milk.

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  Regret, Dessert First, Milk

  "The Milkmaid and Her Pail". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

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• Love can tame the wildest.

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  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.72, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Necessity knows no law.

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  Law, Knows

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.62, Aesop

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