AESOP QUOTES V

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


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Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you're not.

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"The Vain Jackdaw", Aesop's Fables


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Self-help is the best help.

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"Hercules and the Wagoner", Aesop's Fables

Tags: independence


Little liberties are great offenses.

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"The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox", Aesop's Fables


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

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"The Goose with the Golden Eggs", Aesop's Fables

Tags: greed


The greatest benefits will not bind the ungrateful.

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

Tags: ingratitude


In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.

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


Every one is more or less master of his own fate.

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"The Traveller and Fortune", Aesop's Fables

Tags: fate


Every man for himself.

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"The Three Tradesmen", Aesop's Fables


The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.

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"The Kites and the Swans", Aesop's Fables

Tags: desire


Stoop to conquer.

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"The Oak and the Reeds", Aesop's Fables


It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

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"The Jay and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables

Tags: birds


Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature.

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Fables

Tags: nature, identity


Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.

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

Tags: evil, kindness


Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

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"The Two Dogs", Aesop's Fables

Tags: children, faults


Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

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


Union gives strength.

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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables

Tags: teamwork, strength


The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

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Fables

Tags: conceit, mind


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

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Fables


None but those who work are entitled to eat.

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"The Brazier and His Dog", Aesop's Fables

Tags: work, eating


If words suffice not, blows must follow.

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

Tags: words