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Quotes by Aesop

Aesop

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

“Example is the best precept.”

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

“Appearances are often deceiving.”

“Gratitude is the sign of noble souls”

“United we stand; divided we fall”

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

“Please all, and you will please none”

“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another”

“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.”

“We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.”

“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”

“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

“Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield”

“Enemies promises were made to be broken”

“Vices are their own punishment”

“In seeking truth you have to get both sides of a story.”

“Gratitude makes sense of our past, brings peace for today, and creates a vision for tomorrow.”

“Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy”

“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction”