Quotes by Aesop

"Appearances often are deceiving."

"Adventure is worthwhile."

"We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction."

"Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety."

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

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

"People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves."

"The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others."

"Please all, and you will please none."

"United we stand, divided we fall."

"Example is the best precept."

"The gods help them that help themselves."

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

"Appearances are often deceiving."

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

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

"The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales."

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

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

"The haft 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."

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

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

"The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over."

"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."

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

"Any excuse will serve a tyrant."

"The smaller the mind the greater the conceit."

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls."

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

"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."

"It is easy to be brave from a safe distance."

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

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