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.

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"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


It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.

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

Tags: courage


Do not attempt too much at once.

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


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


People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.

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"The Dog in the Manger", Aesop's Fables

Tags: envy


The gods help them that help themselves.

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"Hercules and the Wagoner", Aesop's Fables


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

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Fables

Tags: betrayal, friends


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

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attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: lions


Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

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

Tags: advice


Necessity knows no law.

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"The Birdcatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock", Aesop's Fables

Tags: necessity, law


Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

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"The Man Bitten by a Dog", Aesop's Fables

Tags: evil


Birds of a feather flock together.

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


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

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Fables

Tags: words, fools


Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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

Tags: tyranny, excuses


Little by little does the trick.

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Fables

Tags: persistence


Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.

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"The Man and His Two Sweethearts", Aesop's Fables


Better poverty without care, than riches with.

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

Tags: poverty, wealth


Once a wolf, always a wolf.

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Fables