"No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted."
— Aesop

"The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit."
— Aesop

"Please all, and you will please none"
— Aesop

"It is easy to be brave at a safe distance."
— Aesop

"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."
— Aesop

"Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties."
— Aesop

"After all is said and done, more is said than done."
— Aesop

"Little by little does the trick."
— Aesop

"I am sure the grapes are sour. "
— Aesop

"A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth."
— Aesop

"United we stand; divided we fall."
— Aesop

"once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.""
— Aesop (Aesop's Fables)

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."
— Aesop

"It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters."
— Aesop

"Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear."
— Aesop

"Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow"
— Aesop

"Adventure is worthwhile.
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— Aesop

"The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales."
— Aesop (Aesop's Fables)

"It's easy to be brave from a safe distance"
— Aesop

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

"Vices are their own punishment"
— Aesop

"Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth."
— Aesop

"It is absurd to ape our betters."
— Aesop (Aesop's Fables)

"If these town gods can't detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it's hardly likely they'll tell me who stole my spade."
— Aesop

"The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent gusts only made the man hold his clothes tightly around him, and when it blew harder still the cold made him so uncomfortable that he put on an extra wrap. Eventually the wind got tired of it and handed him over to the sun. The sun shone first with moderate warmth, which made the man take off his topcoat. Then it blazed fiercely, till, unable to stand the heat, he stripped and went off to a bathe in a nearby river. Persuasion is more effective than force. "
— Aesop

""A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth." -- Aesop (620-560 BC), Greek fabulist "
— Aesop

"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."
— Aesop

"Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency."
— Aesop

"“A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.”"
— Aesop

"He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. "
— Aesop