Short Aesop quotes from moral fables about gratitude - Part 2

AESOP QUOTES

 

>Short Aesop quotes about gratitude - Part 1<

 

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

~Aesop~

 

There can be little liking where there is no likeness

~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~

 

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

~Aesop~

 

Obscurity brings safety.

~Aesop~

 

Self-conceit may lead to self destruction.

~Aesop~

 

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.

~Aesop~

 

Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.

~Aesop~

 

In union there is strength.

~Aesop~

 

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

~Aesop~

 

Wealth unused might as well not exist.

~Aesop~

 

Any excuse will serve a tyrant.

~Aesop~

 

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

~Aesop~

 

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

~Aesop~

 

The gods help them that help themselves.

~Aesop~

 

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

~Aesop~

 

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

~Aesop~

 

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

~Aesop~

 

Familiarity breeds contempt.

~Aesop~

 

Little by little does the trick.

~Aesop~

 

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

~Aesop~

 

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

~Aesop~

 

Appearances are often deceiving.

~Aesop~

 

The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.

~Aesop~

 

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

~Aesop~

 

The lamb began to follow the wolf in sheep's clothing.

~Aesop~

 

In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

~Aesop~

 

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

~Aesop~

 

Kindness effects more than severity.

~Aesop~

 

Better to die once and for all, than live in continual terror.

~Aesop~

 

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

~Aesop~

 

Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.

~Aesop~

 

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.

~Aesop~

 

Our insignificance is the cause of our safety.

~Aesop~

 

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

~Aesop~

 

Little friends may prove great friends.

~Aesop~

 

Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield

~Aesop~

 

It is easy to despise what you cannot get.

~Aesop~