Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop Quotations
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Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Any excuse will serve a tyrant.
Men often applaud an imitation, and hiss the real thing.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
It is easy to despise what you cannot get.
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
Familiarity breed contempt.
Outside show is a poor substitution for inner worth.
The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's toils than out again.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find - nothing.
We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Put your shoulder to the wheel.
Be content with your lot one cannot be first in everything.
People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
Union gives strength.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Plodding wins the race.
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Please all, and you will please none.
You may share the labours of the great, but you may not share the spoil.
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Appearances often are deceiving.
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Little friends may prove great friends.
The gods help them that help themselves.
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
United we stand, divided we fall.
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Look before you leap.
I am sure the grapes are sour.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.