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Aesop Quotes (displaying: 1 - 30 of 98 quotes)

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A man is known by the company he keeps
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Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window
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It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
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He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.
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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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The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
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Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
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Wise men say nothing in dangerous times
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The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent gusts only made the man hold his clothes tightly around him, and when it blew harder still the cold made him so uncomfortable that he put on an extra wrap. Eventually the wind got tired of it and handed him over to the sun. The sun shone first with moderate warmth, which made the man take off his topcoat. Then it blazed fiercely, till, unable to stand the heat, he stripped and went off to a bathe in a nearby river. Persuasion is more effective than force.
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Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
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There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
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Example is the best precept.
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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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Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.
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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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once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.
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He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
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It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
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United we stand, divided we fall.
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Please all, and you will please none.
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Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
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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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An Ass put on a Lion's skin and went. About the foreset with much merriment, Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks, Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain, Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away, But that I know your old familiar bray'. That's just the way with asses, just the way.
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Put your shoulder to the wheel.
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Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
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Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
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Vices are their own punishment
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The gods help them that help themselves.
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Facts speak plainer than words
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It is easy to despise what you cannot get
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