Aesop Quotes - Page 5

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• Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

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  Life, Character, Individuality

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• False friends leave you in times of trouble.

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  Hypocrisy, Trouble, False Friends

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

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• A false tale often betrays itself.

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  Lying, Tales, Betray

  Aesop (1968). “Aesop's Fables”, p.337, Library of Alexandria

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

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  Mean, Giving, Enemy

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

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

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  Reality, Mind, Looks

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• Be satisfied with what you have.

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  Contentment, Satisfied

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

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  Wisdom, Sorry, Often Is

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

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• If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade.

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  Thieves, Towns, Temples

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• Appearances often are deceiving.

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  Wisdom, Lying, Deceit

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

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• It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it

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  Plans, One Thing

  Aesop (2007). “Aesop's Fables”, p.127, Penguin UK

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• A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

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  Liars, Lying, Literature

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.44, Pelekanos Books

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

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  Inspirational, Wise, Wisdom

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• Do not attempt too much at once.

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  Too Much

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.75, GENERAL PRESS

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• Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

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  Hurt, Evil, Profit

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.35, Aesop

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• Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

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  Political, Politics, Venture

  Aesop, Thomas JAMES (Vicar of Sibbertoft.), Sir John Tenniel (1858). “Æsop's Fables: a new version ... By Thomas James ... With ... illustrations, designed by John Tenniel”, p.101

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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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  Men, Different, Lions

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• Example is more powerful than precept.

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  Powerful, Example

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.55, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

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  Growing Up, Evil, Ruins

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.

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  Reality, Anticipation, Mere

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.57, Aesop

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• Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.

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  Government, May, Anarchy

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

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  Hate, Enemy, Despise

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

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• Example is the best precept.

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  Inspirational, Wisdom, Example

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

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• In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

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  Life, Powerful, Needs

  "The Lion and the Mouse". Fable by Aesop published in "Aesop's Fables For Children", 1919.

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• Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

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  Evil

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)”, p.262, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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• Obscurity often brings safety.

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  Safety, Obscurity

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.38, Pelekanos Books

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