Aesop Quotes - Page 2

Great determination can overcome most odds.

Pride goes before destruction.

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

A man is known by the company he keeps

No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward

Keep your place in life and your place will keep you

Liars often set their own traps.

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.

Don't cry over spilt milk.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends

Little by little does the trick.

It is one thing to say that something should be done, but quite a different matter to do it.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.

An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.

Most arguments are useless.

A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before him. Then, after laying the sticks parallel to one another and binding them, he challenged his sons, one after one, to pick up the bundle and break it. They all tried, but in vain. Then, untying the bundle, he gave them the sticks to break one by one. This they did with the greatest ease. Then said the father, "Thus, my sons, as long as you remain united, you are a match for anything, but differ and separate, and you are undone".

He that has many friends, has no friends.

To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.

The gods help them who help themselves.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.