Aesop Quotes About Wisdom

Quotes about: Wisdom

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  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

• Little by little does the trick.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Relaxation, Doe

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.56, Pelekanos Books

• The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Bullying, Conceited

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

• Vices are their own punishment

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Punishment

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.55, Pelekanos Books

• 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

• Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

  Aesop

  Life, Trust, Wisdom

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

• Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Winning

  Aesop (1989). “Aesop's Fables”, Outlet

• 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

• We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Sorry, Often Is

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

• It pays to be prepared.

  Aesop

  Wise, Wisdom, Pay

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

• Familiarity breeds contempt.

  Aesop

  Relationship, Wisdom, Disrespect

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

• Example is the best precept.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Example

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

• He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

  Aesop

  Life, Wisdom, Giving

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables - Illustrated in Black and White By Nora Fry”, p.119, Read Books Ltd

• Appearances often are deceiving.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Lying, Deceit

  "The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

• We often despise what is most useful to us.

  Aesop

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.26, Pelekanos Books

• Kindness is more persuasive than force.

  Aesop

  Wise, Wisdom, Kindness

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

• It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.

  Aesop

  Wise, Wisdom, Skills

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

• It is possible to have too much of a good thing.

  Aesop

  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

• I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.

  Aesop

  Wisdom, Blow, Men

  Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.132, Courier Corporation

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