Aesop Quotes About Literature

Quotes about: Literature

• 

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

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Motivational, Wise

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

• 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

• Please all, and you will please none.

  Aesop

  Business, Literature, Fables

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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

  Aesop

  Hypnosis, Literature, Persuasion

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

• 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

• Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

  Aesop

  Reality, Focus And Concentration, Shadow

  "Aesop's Fables".

• It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Preparation, Today

  Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms

• Appearances are often deceiving.

  Aesop

  Hype, Literature, Appearance

• Familiarity breeds contempt.

  Aesop

  Relationship, Wisdom, Disrespect

  Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.19, Courier Corporation

• 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

• Slow but steady wins the race.

  Aesop

  Winning, Race, Literature

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, Aesop

• We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

  Aesop

  Reality, Mind, Looks

• Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

  Aesop

  Safety, Literature, Causes

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

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin

• facebook
• twitter
• googleplus
• email
• linkedin