Aesop Quotes

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

.Clumsy jesting is no joke.

Appearances often are deceiving.

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.

United we stand; divided we fall.

In trying to please all, he had pleased none.

Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.

Once a wolf, always a wolf.

Look before you leap.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

Wealth not used is of no value at all.

One winter a Farmer found a Viper frozen and numb with cold, and out of pity picked it up and placed it in his bosom. The Viper was no sooner revived by the warmth than it turned upon its benefactor and inflicted a fatal bite upon him; and as the poor man lay dying, he cried, “I have only got what I deserved, for taking compassion on so villainous a creature.” Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.

Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.

The Shepherds, the Lamb, and the Wolf

A wolf saw some shepherds eating a lamb in their tent. He approached the shepherds and said, ‘Why, what a great uproar there would be if I were to do the same thing!

"The Fawn and His Mother A YOUNG FAWN once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, then, O Mother! do the hounds frighten you so?" She smiled, and said: "I know full well, my son, that all you say is true. I have the advantages you mention, but when I hear even the bark of a single dog I feel ready to faint, and fly away as fast as I can." No arguments will give courage to the coward."