Aesop Quotes

Slow but steady wins the race.

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

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Familiarity breeds contempt.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

United we stand, divided we fall.

Adventure is worthwhile.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

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

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

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

Please all, and you will please none.

Appearances are often deceiving.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

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