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Aesop (Writer)

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

Appearances often are deceiving.

— Aesop

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

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Beware the wolf in sheep's clothing.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

Familiarity breeds contempt or Acquaintance softens prejudices.

— Aesop prejudice

I am sure the grapes are sour.

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

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

— Aesop power

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

— Aesop brave

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

— Aesop

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

— Aesop trust

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

— Aesop kindness

People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.

Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

— Aesop

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.

Slow and steady wins the race.

The boy cried "Wolf, wolf!" and the villagers came out to help him.

The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!

— Aesop

The gods help them that help themselves.

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

— Aesop enemies

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

Union gives strength.

— Aesop strength

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.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

— Aesop wishes

Enemies' promises were made to be broken.

— Aesop broken

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

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

— Aesop truth

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

— Aesop great

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

— Aesop truth

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.

— Aesop truth

Appearances are often deceiving.

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

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

— Aesop

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

— Aesop success

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

— Aesop happy

If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.

— Aesop purpose

United we stand, divided we fall.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

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

Adventure is worthwhile.

— Aesop adventure

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

Little friends may prove great friends.

— Aesop friends

There is always someone worse off than yourself.

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