AESOP QUOTES III

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

Aesop quote

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

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"Juno and the Peacock", Aesop's Fables

Tags: contentment


Better poverty without care, than riches with.

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"The Fir Tree and the Bramble", Aesop's Fables

Tags: poverty, wealth


The memory of a good deed lives.

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"The Old Woman and the Wine Jar", Aesop's Fables

Tags: memory, kindness


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

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Fables

Tags: truth


Little by little does the trick.

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Fables

Tags: persistence


Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.

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Fables

Tags: words, fools


The more you want, the more you stand to lose.

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Fables

Tags: desire


Once a wolf, always a wolf.

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Fables


Necessity knows no law.

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"The Birdcatcher, the Partridge, and the Cock", Aesop's Fables

Tags: necessity, law


Be satisfied with what you have.

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


The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

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"The Ant and the Dove", Aesop's Fables

Tags: gratitude


Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

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

Tags: tyranny, excuses


Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.

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"The Crab and the Fox", Aesop's Fables

Tags: contentment, happiness


Familiarity breeds contempt.

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


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

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Fables


Birds of a feather flock together.

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


He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.

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"The Master and His Dogs", Aesop's Fables

Tags: friends, trust


Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

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Fables

Tags: forgiveness


To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

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"The Wild Boar and the Fox", Aesop's Fables

Tags: war, peace


No argument will give courage to the coward.

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"The Fawn and His Mother", Aesop's Fables

Tags: courage, cowardice