16 Quotes By Aesop


Example is the best precept.
Aesop on best

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

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop on great

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

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

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
Aesop on politics

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

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop on trust

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

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

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 on truth

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

Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortun
Aesop on adversity

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop on advice

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Aesop on courage

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 on friendship