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Famous Aesop Quotes
“The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“Be content with your lot; once cannot be first in everything.”
“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”
“If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.”
“Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.”
“Here is an Unity Quote that we have all known since school: United we stand; divided we fall.”
“Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.”
“Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.”
“Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.”
“Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.”
“Every one is more or less master of his own fate.”
“The more honor, the more danger.”
“The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.”
“Labour is the source of every blessing.”
“Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.”
“A false tale often betrays itself.”
“A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man's own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.”
“The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny.”
“The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.”
“If words suffice not, blows must follow.”
“None but those who work are entitled to eat.”
“Zeal should not outrun discretion.”
“Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.”
“Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.”
“Better poverty without care, than riches with.”
“Change of habit cannot alter Nature.”
“The memory of a good deed lives.”
“The value is in the worth, not in the number.”
“The great do not always prevail.”
“Do not attempt too much at once.”
“Do nothing without regard to the consequences.”
“Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.”
“Little liberties are great offenses.”
“Every man should be content to mind his own business.”