AESOP QUOTES II

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

Aesop quote

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

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Fables


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Tags: friends


Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

AESOP

"The Wind and the Sun", Aesop's Fables


The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

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"The Farmer and the Snake", Aesop's Fables

Tags: kindness, ingratitude


Do not attempt too much at once.

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"The Boy and the Filberts", Aesop's Fables


It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

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"The Wolf and the Kid", Aesop's Fables

Tags: courage


Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.

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attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: lions


Birds of a feather flock together.

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"The Farmer and the Stork", Aesop's Fables


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

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

Tags: preparation


Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

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Fables

Tags: betrayal, friends


Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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

Tags: advice


Prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

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

Tags: preparation, tomorrow


Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

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Fables

Tags: truth


Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

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Fables

Tags: words, fools


He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

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"The Two Travellers and the Axe", Aesop's Fables

Tags: danger


In a change of government, the poor change nothing but the name of their master.

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"The Ass and the Old Shepherd", Aesop's Fables

Tags: government, poverty


Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

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Fables

Tags: forgiveness


After all is said and done, more is said than done.

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Fables


Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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"The Wolf and the Lamb", Aesop's Fables

Tags: tyranny, excuses


Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.

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"The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons", Aesop's Fables

Tags: illness


Better poverty without care, than riches with.

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"The Fir Tree and the Bramble", Aesop's Fables

Tags: poverty, wealth