Famous Quotes / Aesop
65 Quotations by Aesop
- 41. Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
- 42. Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.
- 43. People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
- 44. Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
- 45. Please all, and you will please none.
- 46. Plodding wins the race.
- 47. Put your shoulder to the wheel.
- 48. Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
- 49. Slow and steady wins the race.
- 50. The gods help them that help themselves.
- 51. The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemie ...
- 52. The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales.
- 53. The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passe ...
- 54. The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enem ...
- 55. The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
- 56. The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
- 57. There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzz ...
- 58. Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - ...
- 59. Union gives strength.
- 60. We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.