Aesop Quotes - Page 8

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• Familiarity breeds contempt.

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  Relationship, Wisdom, Disrespect

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

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• Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office.

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  Inspirational, Vanity, Office

  Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.109

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• Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

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  Hypnosis, Literature, Persuasion

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

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• Only cowards insult dying majesty.

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  Dying, Coward, Majesty

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

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• Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

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  Procrastination, Today, Tomorrow

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• Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.

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  Safe, Way, Hundred

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.39, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.

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  Wine, Vintage, Spirituality

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• Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses both

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  Old Friends, Sake, Neglect

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• A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."

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  Beautiful, House, Brain

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables (Illustrated & Annotated Edition)”, p.14, Jazzybee Verlag

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• Equals make the best friends.

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  Friendship, Fables

  Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.117, GENERAL PRESS

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• Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

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  Succeed, Failing, Persuasion

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• United we stand, divided we fall.

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  Family, Fall, Diversity

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

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• You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil.

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  Effort, May, Share

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.5, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Every tale is not to be believed.

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  Tales

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales, Folktales Collections”, p.84, 谷月社

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• It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

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  Wise, Circumstances, Turns

  Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables: Fairy Tales, Folktales Collections”, p.12, 谷月社

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• The strong and the weak cannot keep company.

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  Strong, Weak, Company

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

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• If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.

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  Summer, Winter, Bed

  Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables - Complete Collection”, p.10, Lulu.com

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• 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.

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  Enemy, Toil, Easier

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

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• The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.

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  Evil, Hateful, Virtue

  Edward J. Detmold, Aesop (2014). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.72, Courier Corporation

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• Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.

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  Life, Ego, Trying

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• A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.

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  Men, Bitterness, Consciousness

  Edward J. Detmold, Aesop (2014). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.57, Courier Corporation

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• Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg.

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  Gratitude, Eggs, Golden

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• It is useless attacking the insensible.

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  Reality, Useless, Attacking

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

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• Appearances are deceptive.

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  Appearance, Deceptive

  Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.40, Lulu Press, Inc

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• Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

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  Contentment, Elements

  Aesop (2011). “Aesop's Fables 01-30 (伊索寓言（第一篇至第三十篇）)”, p.704, Hyweb Technology Co. Ltd.

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