Aesop Quotes

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

~ Aesop

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

~ Aesop

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

~ Aesop

Necessity is the mother of invention.

~ Aesop

Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

~ Aesop

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.

~ Aesop

An Ass put on a Lion's skin and wentAbout the foreset with much merriment,Scaring the foolish beasts by brooks and rocks,Till at last he tried to scare the Fox. But Reynard, hearing from beneath the mane That Raucous voice so petulant and vain,Remarked. O' Ass, I too would run away,But that I know your old familiar bray'.That's just the way with asses, just the way.

~ Aesop

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.

~ Aesop

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

~ Aesop

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.

~ Aesop

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

~ Aesop

Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.

~ Aesop

The value is in the worth, not in the number.

~ Aesop

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

~ Aesop

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

~ Aesop

The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?

~ Aesop

I don't mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.

~ Aesop

United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.

~ Aesop

Much wants more and loses all.

~ Aesop

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

~ Aesop

The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagles own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

~ Aesop

Kindness affects more than severity.

~ Aesop

Injuries may be forgiven but not forgotten.

~ Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

~ Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

~ Aesop

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

~ Aesop

United we stand, divided we fall.

~ Aesop

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

~ Aesop

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

~ Aesop

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

~ Aesop

Example is the best precept.

~ Aesop

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

~ Aesop

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

~ Aesop

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

~ Aesop

Appearances are often deceiving.

~ Aesop

Please all, and you will please none.

~ Aesop

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.

~ Aesop

Plodding wins the race.

~ Aesop