AESOP QUOTES

Greek storyteller (620 B.C.-564 B.C.)

Aesop quote

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

AESOP

Fables

Tags: stealing


Please all, and you will please none.

AESOP

Fables


Slow and steady wins the race.

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"The Tortoise and the Hare", Aesop's Fables

Tags: patience, consistency


Necessity is the mother of invention.

AESOP

Fables

Tags: necessity, invention


Don't cry over spilt milk.

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"The Milkmaid and Her Pail", Aesop's Fables

Tags: regret


Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

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"The Ants and the Grasshopper", Aesop's Fables

Tags: prosperity, future


Don't count your chickens before they are hatched.

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"The Milkmaid and Her Pail", Aesop's Fables


United we stand; divided we fall.

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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables


No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

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"The Lion and the Mouse", Aesop's Fables

Tags: kindness


Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

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"The Raven and the Swan", Aesop's Fables

Tags: habit, nature


Equals make the best friends.

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"The Two Pots", Aesop's Fables

Tags: friends, friendship


Honesty is the best policy.

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"The Horse and the Groom", Aesop's Fables

Tags: honesty


Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

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"The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing", Aesop's Fables


Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

AESOP

Fables

Tags: tears


Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.

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"The Bee and Jupiter", Aesop's Fables

Tags: evil, desire


Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

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"The Heifer and the Fox", Aesop's Fables

Tags: life, work


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

AESOP

Fables

Tags: lying, truth


The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.

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Fables


Look before you leap.

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"The Fox and the Goat", Aesop's Fables

Tags: caution


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

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"The Grasshopper and the Ants", Aesop's Fables

Tags: procrastination