Quotes from Aesop

The covetous are poor givers.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Aunque a los malvados se les castigue severamente, difícilmente cambian su naturaleza desviada.

The Ass And The Grasshopper   AN ASS having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; and, desiring to possess the same charms of melody, demanded what sort of food they lived on to give them such beautiful voices. They replied, The dew. The Ass resolved that he would live only upon dew, and in a short time died of hunger.

If words suffice not, blows must follow.

It is like this in a city-state; the demagogues thrive by throwing the state into discord.

United we stand, divided we fall.

The Oxen and the Axle-Trees A HEAVY WAGON was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. The Axle-trees groaned and creaked terribly; whereupon the Oxen, turning round, thus addressed the wheels: Hullo there! why do you make so much noise? We bear all the labor, and we, not you, ought to cry out. Those who suffer most cry out the least.

The Lion was so much in love that he had his claws trimmed and his big teeth taken out for her.

it, for numbers of Rooks and starlings

There was once a Charcoal-burner who lived and worked by himself. A Fuller, however, happened to come and settle in the same neighbourhood; and the Charcoal-burner, having made his acquaintance and finding he was

Not all creatures can become as great as they think.

began to caw her best, but

It takes great skill to do the right thing at the right time.

When the Shepherd came down and saw what was done, he said, O you most ungrateful creatures! You provide wool to make garments for all other men, but you destroy the clothes of him who feeds you.

It is easy to propose impossible remedies. The

exclaimed, O foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.

THE WOLF AND THE LAMB A Wolf came upon a Lamb straying from the flock

Lean Freedom is Better than Fat Slavery Aesop

We may often be of more consequence in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbours.

Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.

The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.

Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.