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Aesop Quotes

If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter Picture Quote #1

Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it Picture Quote #1

Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long Picture Quote #1

Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today Picture Quote #1

Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you’re not Picture Quote #1

Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune Picture Quote #1

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You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time Picture Quote #1

All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack Picture Quote #1

If you are wise you won’t be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous Picture Quote #1

If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning Picture Quote #1

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots Picture Quote #1

It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read Picture Quote #1

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I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Aesop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha Picture Quote #1

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If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter (Aesop Quotes) Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it (Aesop Quotes) Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long (Aesop Quotes) Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today (Aesop Quotes) Be content with what nature made you, or run the risk of earning contempt by trying to be what you’re not (Aesop Quotes) Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune (Aesop Quotes) You can fool people some of the time, but you can’t fool them all of the time (Aesop Quotes) All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack (Aesop Quotes) If you are wise you won’t be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous (Aesop Quotes) If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning (Aesop Quotes) An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots (Aesop Quotes) It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read (Aesop Quotes) I have come to the conclusion that a goodly number of the fables that pass under the name of the Samian slave, Aesop, were derived from India, probably from the same source whence the same tales were utilised in the Jatakas, or Birth-stories of Buddha. (Aesop Quotes)

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