Aesop

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Aesop (also spelled Æsop), known only for the genre of fables ascribed to him, was by tradition a slave (δούλος) who was a contemporary of Croesus and Peisistratus in the mid-sixth century BC in ancient Greece. The various collections that go under the rubric "Aesop's Fables" are still taught as moral lessons and used as subjects for various entertainments, especially children's plays and cartoons. Most of what are known as Aesopic fables is a compilation of tales from various sources, many of which originated with authors who lived long after Aesop. Aesop himself is said to have composed many fables, which were passed down by oral tradition. Socrates was thought to have spent his time turning Aesop’s fables into verse while he was in priso...more

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Average rating: 3.97 · 24777 ratings · 626 reviews · 385 distinct works

	Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Laura Gibbs (translator) 397 avg rating — 23789 ratings — published -560 — 28 editions	My rating:
	The Classic Treasury Of Aesop's Fables by Aesop, Don Daily (illustrator) 421 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Lion and the Mouse: A Fable by Aesop by Aesop, Bernadette Watts (illustrator), B Watts 417 avg rating — 69 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Contest Between the Sun and the Wind: An Aesop's Fable by Aesop, Susan Gaber (Illustrator) 423 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2007	My rating:
	Aesops Fables 370 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Aesop's Fables by Aesop, George Fyler Townsend 360 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 1849 — 19 editions	My rating:
	The Complete Fables 411 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1998 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Boy Who Cried Wolf 412 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Folklore and Fable: Aesop, Grimm, Andersen (Harvard Classics, #17) 428 avg rating — 29 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	My rating:
	What The Fox Learnt by Aesop, Ripple Digital Publishing (Illustrator) 347 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 2011	My rating:

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“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
― Aesop

tags: compassion , inspirational , kindness

207 people liked it

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

tags: disguise , double-talk , enemies , falsehood , friends , friendship , reliability

66 people liked it

“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
― Aesop

tags: despair , trust

52 people liked it

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