Quotes from Aesop

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.

The Tortoise never for a moment stopped, but went on with a slow but steady pace straight to the end of the course.

No plea will protect the innocent from the unjust judge.

The Lion and the Fox

The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.

Trust not your security to one who puts his own interests first.

The wicked always finds an excuse for wrongdoing.

Wealth not used is of no value at all.

The most dangerous enemy is the one within.

Every person, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from their neck: all bags in front full of their neighbors' faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that people are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings.

Tahu berterima kasih adalah tanda sikap ksatria.

Nilai cela sering dianggap sebagai kemasyhuran.

Slow and steady wins the race! From The Tortoise and the Hare.

Tut, man, don't sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.

These are weighty topics, and the brief fables that address them do not claim to solve the problems that they embody, but then neither do they simply brush such problems aside, pretending that they do not exist.

The Lion was much amused to think that a Mouse could ever help him.

Da bi vidjeli smrt neprijatelja, neki su spremni vidjeti i vlastitu.

Put your shoulder to the wheel.

It is with our Passions, as it is with Fire and Water, they are 'Good Servants,' but 'Bad Masters.'

The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.

He who shares the danger ought to share the prize.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.