Aesop Quotes About Enemies

Quotes about: Enemies

• 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

• We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

  Aesop

  Mean, Giving, Enemy

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.76, Lulu Press, Inc

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

  Aesop

  Kissing, Faithful, Enemy

• It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards.

  Aesop

  Enemy, Easier, Oneself

• You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

  Aesop

  Hate, Enemy, Despise

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

• While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.

  Aesop

  Enemy, Toil, Easier

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

• The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

  Aesop

  Mean, Eagles, Arrows

• There was once a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but — whack — his palm came on his head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.

  Aesop

  Summer, Blow, Men

  "Æsop's fables; with drawings by Fritz Kredel".

• If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?

  Aesop

  Friendship, Enemy, Fawns

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.74, Aesop

• Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

  Aesop

  Enemy, Society, Soar

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.48, Pelekanos Books

• Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

  Aesop

  Broken, Promise, Enemy

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.47, Pelekanos Books

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