Quotes by Aesop

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

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

#Being Content

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

After all is said and done, more is said than done.

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to...

Adventure is worthwhile.

A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.

A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

The smaller the mind the greater the conceit.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when...