Aesop

Quote: We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. [ Aesop]

Quote: Union gives strength. [ Aesop]

Quote: Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in. [ Aesop]

Quote: Enemies promises were made to be broken. [ Aesop]

Quote: The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. [ Aesop]

Quote: A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone. [ Aesop]

Quote: Example is the best precept. [ Aesop]

Quote: No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. [ Aesop]

Quote: The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. [ Aesop]

Quote: Obscurity brings safety. [ Aesop]

Quote: Slow and steady wins the race. [ Aesop]

Quote: Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. [ Aesop]

Quote: Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. [ Aesop]

Quote: We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. [ Aesop]

Quote: Plodding wins the race. [ Aesop]

Quote: In union there is strength. [ Aesop]

Quote: Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. [ Aesop]

Quote: It is easy to be brave when far away from danger. [ Aesop]

Quote: Little by little does the trick. [ Aesop]

Quote: He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another. [ Aesop]

Quote: A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. [ Aesop]

Quote: We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. [ Aesop]

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

Quote: Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. [ Aesop]

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

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