Quotes About Wisdom

Do not waste your pity on a scamp.

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.

Look before you leap.

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.

It is wise to turn circumstances to good account.

One story is good, till another is told.

Clumsy jesting is no joke.

Hati-hati jangan sampai kehilangan milikmu yang berharga gara-gara ingin menangkap bayangan.

Those who try to entrap others are often caught by their own schemes.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another.

I don't think it's much use your looking for the brains: a creature who twice walked into a lions den can't have got any.

Who acts in haste repents at leisure.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

it, for numbers of Rooks and starlings

It takes great skill to do the right thing at the right time.

exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.

Lean Freedom is Better than Fat Slavery Aesop

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

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

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

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.