BY SOFO ARCHON
Here are some of my favorite quotes attributed to the semi-legendary ancient Greek story teller Aesop on topics including, but not limited to, evil, strength, friendship, trust, kindness, wisdom, strength, and courage.
“We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.”
“Facts speak plainer than words.”
“Example is the best precept.”
“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”
“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
“What a splendid head, yet no brain.”
“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy.”
“Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.”
“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
“Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.”
“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”
“Union gives strength.”
“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”
“The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.”
“Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.”
“The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.”
“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
“People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves.”
“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
“Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction.”
“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
“He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”
“It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.”
“It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”
“The level of our success is limited only by our imagination.”
“Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.”
“The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
“United we stand, divided we fall.”
“No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.”
“Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“The more you want, the more you stand to lose.”
“It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it.”
“Please all, and you will please none.”
“Beware the wolf in sheep’s clothing.”