AESOP QUOTES V

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

Pride goes before destruction.

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"The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle", Aesop's Fables

Tags: pride


The great do not always prevail.

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"The Mouse and the Bull", Aesop's Fables

Tags: power, strength


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


Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.

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Fables

Tags: wisdom, silence


The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.

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

Tags: tyranny


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

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"The Traveller and Fortune", Aesop's Fables

Tags: fate


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

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"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse", Aesop's Fables

Tags: peace


A man should either not converse with kings at all, or say what is agreeable to them.

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attributed, Day's Collacon

Tags: kings


Every man for himself.

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"The Three Tradesmen", Aesop's Fables


Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.

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


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

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Fables

Tags: nature, identity


Union gives strength.

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"The Bundle of Sticks", Aesop's Fables

Tags: teamwork, strength


The greatest benefits will not bind the ungrateful.

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

Tags: ingratitude


It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

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

Tags: birds


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


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

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Fables


Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.

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"The Crow and Raven", Aesop's Fables

Tags: character


Stoop to conquer.

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


Every tale is not to be believed.

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"The Thief and the Innkeeper", Aesop's Fables

Tags: lying


Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

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"The Oxen and the Butchers", Aesop's Fables

Tags: evil