Aesop Quotes

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• No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

  Aesop (1963). “Aesop's fables”, Cliffs Notes

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

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  Witty, Government, Political Will

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

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• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

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  Wisdom, Bullying, Conceited

  Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.251, The Floating Press

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• Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

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  Needs, May, Today

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.1, Courier Corporation

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• Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

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  Hands, Tyrants, Evil

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

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• Kindness is more persuasive than force.

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  Wise, Wisdom, Kindness

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

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• All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

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  Men, Concerned, Acquire

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables”, p.198, Collector's Library

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• Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.

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  Men, Two, Bags

  Aesop, Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1939). “Æsop's Fables”

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  Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36

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• The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

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  Life, Gratitude, Grateful

  Edward J. Detmold, Aesop (2014). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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

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  Courage, Distance, Army

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

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• Better to starve free than be a fat slave

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  4th Of July, Slavery, Fats

  Barbara McClintock, Aesop (2012). “Animal Fables from Aesop”, p.48, David R. Godine Publisher

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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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• If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all.

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  Education, Nice, Gossip

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• In a crisis, give help first and then advice.

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  Reality, Giving, Advice

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• The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

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  Tyrants, Tyranny, Pretext

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.18, Aesop

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• To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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  War, Guarantees, Wells

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.82

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• Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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  Life, Fables, Appearance

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.21, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

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  Happiness, You Make Me Happy, Comforting

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• Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

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  Running, Risk, Trying

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.25, Courier Corporation

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• Facts speak plainer than words

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  Facts, Speak

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.6, Courier Corporation

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• Please all, and you will please none.

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  Business, Literature, Fables

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

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• He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

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  Trusted

  Aesop, George Fyler Townsend (1871). “Three Hundred Æsop's Fables”, p.86

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• Liars often set their own traps.

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  Liars, Traps

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

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• Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

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  Adversity, Tests, Sincerity

  Aesop (2014). “Aesop's Fables”, p.54, Penguin

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