Aesop Quotes About Literature

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

    Aesop, Thomas James (1872). “Aesop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.36
  • We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

    Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.76, Lulu Press, Inc
  • We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

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

    Aesop (2013). “Aesop's Fables”, p.13, Lulu Press, Inc
  • Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

    Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.28
  • Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

    Aesop, General Press (2016). “Aesop's Fables: A collection of 284 moral stories”, p.29, GENERAL PRESS
  • Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

    "The Wind and the Sun". A fable by Aesop,
  • Appearances are often deceiving.

  • Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

    "Aesop's Fables".
  • Slow but steady wins the race.

    Aesop (2016). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, 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, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.107
  • Familiarity breeds contempt.

    Aesop, Pat Ronson Stewart (1994). “Aesop's Fables”, p.19, Courier Corporation
  • It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

    Aesop (1947). “The Fables of AEsop”, Ann Arbor [Mich.] : University Microfilms
  • A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.44, Pelekanos Books
  • Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

    Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.190, The Floating Press
  • Please all, and you will please none.

    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.63, Pelekanos Books
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