Aesop Quotes - Page 6

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• If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

  Aesop

  Thieves, Towns, Temples

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• It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

  Aesop

  Government, May, Anarchy

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• Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Literature, Fables

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.29, GENERAL PRESS

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• Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Winning

  Aesop (1989). “Aesop's Fables”, Outlet

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• The value is in the worth, not in the number.

  Aesop

  Numbers, Values

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.19, Lulu.com

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• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

  Aesop

  Hypnosis, Literature, Persuasion

  "The Wind and the Sun". A fable by Aesop,

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• If words suffice not, blows must follow.

  Aesop

  Blow, Ifs

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.15, Lulu.com

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• If you don't want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity

  Aesop

  Opportunity, Waiting, Want

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• Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

  Aesop

  Kissing, Faithful, Enemy

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• Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

  Aesop

  Disease, Fables, Remedy

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.50, Aesop

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• It is useless attacking the insensible.

  Aesop

  Reality, Useless, Attacking

  Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (1909). “Folk-Lore and Fable”

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• Obscurity often brings safety.

  Aesop

  Safety, Obscurity

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.38, Pelekanos Books

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• Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Vanity, Office

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.109

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• We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Sorry, Often Is

  Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (1909). “Folk-Lore and Fable”

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• Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

  Aesop

  Evil

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)”, p.262, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Appearances are deceptive.

  Aesop

  Appearance, Deceptive

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.40, Lulu Press, Inc

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• There is always someone worse off than yourself.

  Aesop

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.16, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

  Aesop

  Life, Hero, Brave

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.44, Lulu.com

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• Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

  Aesop

  Growing Up, Evil, Ruins

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc

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• False friends leave you in times of trouble.

  Aesop

  Hypocrisy, Trouble, False Friends

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

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• Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

  Aesop

  Political, Politics, Venture

  Aesop, Thomas JAMES (Vicar of Sibbertoft.), Sir John Tenniel (1858). “Æsop's Fables: a new version ... By Thomas James ... With ... illustrations, designed by John Tenniel”, p.101

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• Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

  Aesop

  Mean, Evil, Benefits

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.33, Lulu.com

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• We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.

  Aesop

  Wish

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.36, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Beware of a wolf in sheep's clothing.

  Aesop

  Educational, Sheep, Wolves In Sheep's Clothing

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