Aesop Quotes - Page 4

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

  Aesop

  Pain, Being Thankful, Wicked

  "Aesop’s Fables".

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• People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

  Aesop

  Relationship, People, Greed

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

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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.

  Aesop

  Success, Kindness, Congratulations

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• Zeal should not outrun discretion.

  Aesop

  Should, Zeal, Outrun

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

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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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• 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.

  Aesop

  Life, Character, Individuality

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• We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

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  Mean, Giving, Enemy

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.76, Lulu Press, Inc

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• A false tale often betrays itself.

  Aesop

  Lying, Tales, Betray

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

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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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• Don't cry over spilt milk.

  Aesop

  Regret, Dessert First, Milk

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

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

  Aesop

  Plans, One Thing

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

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• Love can tame the wildest.

  Aesop

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

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• A kindness is never wasted

  Aesop

  Kindness

  Aesop (2014). “The Aesop for Children”, p.243, First Avenue Editions

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• No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward

  Aesop

  Giving, Coward, Matter

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.12, Penguin

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• Appearances often are deceiving.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Lying, Deceit

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

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• Labour is the source of every blessing.

  Aesop

  Blessing, Source, Labor

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.88

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• Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

  Aesop

  Life, Wise, Men

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.163, Penguin

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• Wealth unused might as well not exist.

  Aesop

  Might, Wealth, Wells

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.64, Pelekanos Books

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• Little friends may prove great friends.

  Aesop

  Life, Friendship, May

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Penguin

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• The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

  Aesop

  Life, Motivational, Encouragement

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.89, Courier Corporation

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• Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.

  Aesop

  Fame, Notoriety, Mistaken

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

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• Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.

  Aesop

  Men, Advice, Never Trust

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• The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

  Aesop

  Kindness, Ungrateful, Ingratitude

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

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• Vices are their own punishment

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Punishment

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

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

  Aesop

  Kindness, Long, Evil

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

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