Fine Feathers Quotes

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  Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

  Emily Dickinson

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  c.1860 Complete Poems, no.254 (first published 1891).

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• It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

  Aesop

  Courage, Distance, Army

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation

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• Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

  Emily Dickinson

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  " 'Hope' is the thing with feathers" l. 1 (ca. 1862) SeeWoody Allen 20

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• Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.

  Isaac Bickerstaffe

  Bird, Fine, Feathers

  Isaac BICKERSTAFFE (1825). “The Padlock, etc”, p.10

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• Please all, and you will please none.

  Aesop

  Business, Literature, Fables

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.63, Pelekanos Books

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• We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

  Aesop

  Witty, Government, Political Will

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

  Jean Paul

  Happy Birthday, Funny Birthday, Time

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• Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Truth, Two Sides

  Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28

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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.

  Aesop

  Men, Feel Good, Enemy

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

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• Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

  Aesop

  Fear, Conceited, Self

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, Pelekanos Books

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

  Aesop

  Being Yourself, Bird, Fables

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

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• The early bird catches the worm.

  William Camden

  Wisdom, Italian, Bird

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• When all is said and done, more is said than done.

  Lou Holtz

  Motivational, Football, College

  Twitter post from Aug 22, 2011

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• Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

  Katharine Hepburn

  Slap In The Face, Belts, Wrists

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• Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

  Aesop

  Safety, Literature, Causes

  Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.190, The Floating Press

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

  Aesop

  Liars, Lying, Literature

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

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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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• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

  Aesop

  Hypnosis, Literature, Persuasion

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

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• Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

  Aesop

  Life, May, Forgotten

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.7, Pelekanos Books

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• It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

  Aesop

  Life, Prayer, Fables

  Aesop (1913). “Æsop's fables: an anthology of the fabulists of all countries”, J. M. Dent & Sons, ltd.

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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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• Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

  Aesop

  Life, Trust, Wisdom

  Aesop, Joseph Jacobs (2004). “Best loved fables of Aesop”

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• Words are good servants but bad masters.

  Aldous Huxley

  Passion, Masters, Water And Fire

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• Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible.

  George Washington

  Eye, Character, Men

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.94

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• Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.

  George Washington

  Fashion, Men, Clothes

  George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.15, Rowman & Littlefield

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