Quotes from Aesop

Birds of a feather flock together.

Do not tell others how to act unless you can set a good example.

Those who seek to please everybody please nobody.

Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.

Slow and steady wins the race.

I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

Self-help is the best help.

Every man carries Two Bags about with him, one in front and one behind, and both are packed full of faults. The Bag in front contains his neighbours' 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.

Boasters brag most when they cannot be detected.

The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.

Little friends may prove great friends.

You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.

Better no rule than cruel rule.

The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?

AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

The Raven And The Swan A RAVEN saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful plumage. Supposing that the Swan's splendid white color arose from his washing in the water in which he swam, the Raven left the altars in the neighborhood where he picked up his living, and took up residence in the lakes and pools. But cleansing his feathers as often as he would, he could not change their color, while through want of food he perished. Change of habit cannot alter Nature.

Having tasted the honeycomb, he threw down his axe, and looking on the tree as sacred, took great care of it.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.

Don't make much ado about nothing.

Look before you leap.

A man is known by the company he keeps.

A man who looks to his friends for help will take his time about a thing.