Quotes from Aesop

By trying to please everybody, he had pleased nobody, and lost his Ass besides.

We tend to underestimate the small things about ourselves that are often our most valuable attributes.

Desde entonces a Eros y el pudor no se les volvió a ver juntos.

He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart therefrom.

Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hid.

they were, they soon began to think they were not getting rich fast enough, and, imagining the bird must be made of gold inside, they decided to kill it in order to secure the

The North Wind and the Sun

When you hit back make sure you have got the right man.

No arguments will give courage to the coward. The

Fine feathers don't make fine birds.

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

This fable shows that ornaments of the spirit are preferable to a beautiful body.

I can never be your friend because of my lost tail, nor you mine because of your lost child.

If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined. The

Oh, stop! stop! I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.

Danger sometimes comes from a source that is least suspected.

The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. That will do, said he. That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .Do not trust flatterers.

and consequently you are destroyed; while we, on the contrary, bend before the least breath of air, and therefore remain unbroken.

In the good days remember also death.

I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little Lapdog!

If you are wise you won't be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.