Aesop Quotes - Page 4

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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.

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  Life, Character, Individuality

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

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  Giving, Coward, Matter

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

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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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• Labour is the source of every blessing.

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  Blessing, Source, Labor

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

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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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• Wise men say nothing in dangerous times

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  Life, Wise, Men

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

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• Little friends may prove great friends.

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  Life, Friendship, May

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

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• A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

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  Life, Disguise, Persons

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.2, Courier Corporation

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• Wealth unused might as well not exist.

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  Might, Wealth, Wells

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

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

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  Life, Motivational, Encouragement

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

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

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  Men, Advice, Never Trust

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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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• Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

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  Succeed, Failing, Persuasion

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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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• A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."

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  Beautiful, House, Brain

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.14, Jazzybee Verlag

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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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• 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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