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  • The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

    Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.89, Courier Corporation
  • Why slap them on the wrist with feather when you can belt them over the head with a sledgehammer.

  • Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul.

    " 'Hope' is the thing with feathers" l. 1 (ca. 1862) SeeWoody Allen 20
  • Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

    Fear   Conceited   Self  
    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.23, Pelekanos Books
  • 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
  • Fine feathers, they say, make fine birds.

    Isaac BICKERSTAFFE (1825). “The Padlock, etc”, p.10
  • Persuasion is often more effectual than force.

    "The Wind and the Sun". A fable by Aesop,
  • The early bird catches the worm.

    Wisdom   Italian   Bird  
  • It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

    Life   Prayer   Fables  
    Aesop (1913). “Æsop's fables: an anthology of the fabulists of all countries”, J. M. Dent & Sons, ltd.
  • Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

    Life   May   Forgotten  
    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.7, Pelekanos Books
  • It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

    "The Jay and the Peacock". A fable by Aesop,
  • Our birthdays are feathers in the broad wing of time.

  • When all is said and done, more is said than done.

    Twitter post from Aug 22, 2011
  • Do not conceive that fine clothes make fine men any more than fine feathers make fine birds.

    Fashion   Men   Clothes  
    George Washington, Stephen Lucas (1999). “The Quotable George Washington: The Wisdom of an American Patriot”, p.15, Rowman & Littlefield
  • While clothes do not, as the saying would sometimes have it, make the man, and fine feathers do not make fine birds, sometimes they can add a certain spice to a recipe.

    Men   Clothes   Bird  
    Neil Gaiman (2007). “Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust: Being a Romance Within the Realms of Faerie”, Vertigo
  • The world taught women nothing skillful and then said her work was valueless. It permitted her no opinions and said she did not know how to think. It forbade her to speak in public and said the sex had no orators. It denied her the schools, and said the sex had no genius. It robbed her of every vestige of responsibility, and then called her weak. It taught her that every pleasure must come as a favor from men and when, to gain it, she decked herself in paint and fine feathers, as she had been taught to do, it called her vain.

  • 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.

    Men   Feel Good   Enemy  
    Aesop, Thomas James (1866). “Æsop's Fables: A New Version, Chiefly from Original Sources”, p.107
  • Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.

    c.1860 Complete Poems, no.254 (first published 1891).
  • Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

    Aesop, Thomas JAMES (Vicar of Sibbertoft.), Sir John Tenniel (1858). “Æsop's Fables: a new version ... By Thomas James ... With ... illustrations, designed by John Tenniel”, p.101
  • It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

    Courage   Distance   Army  
    Joseph Jacobs, Aesop (2002). “The Fables of Aesop”, p.41, Courier Corporation
  • A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

    Aesop (2015). “Aesop's Fables”, p.44, Pelekanos Books
  • Words are good servants but bad masters.

  • Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

    Life   Trust   Wisdom  
    Aesop, Joseph Jacobs (2004). “Best loved fables of Aesop”
  • Do not conceive that fine Clothes make fine Men, any more than fine feathers make fine Birds. A plain genteel dress is more admired and obtains more credit than lace and embroidery in the Eyes of the judicious and sensible.

    Eye   Character   Men  
    George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.94
  • Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.

    Aesop (2009). “Aesop's Fables”, p.190, The Floating Press
  • We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

    "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
  • Please all, and you will please none.

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