Aesop Quotes

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

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

"Slow but steady wins the race"

"It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters"

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

"Persuasion is often more effectual than force."

"Obscurity brings safety."

"In union there is strength."

"Obscurity often brings safety."

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

"Union gives strength."

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

"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."

"The shaft 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."

"There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''"

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

"Appearances are often deceiving."

"Appearances are deceptive."

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

"Gratitude is the sign of noble souls"