Top 300 Aesop Quotes (2026 Update)
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51. “Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.”

— Aesop

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52. “Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.”

— Aesop

53. “Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.”

— Aesop

54. “Appearances are often deceiving.”

— Aesop

55. “Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.”

— Aesop

56. “The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle’s own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.”

— Aesop

57. “Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.”

— Aesop

58. “Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors’ faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.”

— Aesop

59. “Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.”

— Aesop

60. “The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

62. “I am sure the grapes are sour.”

— Aesop

63. “Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”

— Aesop

64. “Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”

— Aesop

65. “The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.”

— Aesop

66. “After the rain cometh the fair weather.”

— Aesop

67. “He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself.”

— Aesop

68. “The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.”

— Aesop

69. “Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

71. “Distrust unsolicited advice.”

— Aesop

72. “It pays to be prepared.”

— Aesop

73. “Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.”

— Aesop

74. “One story sounds good until another is told.”

— Aesop

Featured in: Quotes About Stories

75. “Don’t make much ado about nothing.”

— Aesop

76. “Obscurity often brings safety.”

— Aesop

77. “Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.”

— Aesop

78. “Necessity knows no law.”

— Aesop

79. “Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

81. “Little friends may prove great friends.”

— Aesop

82. “The strong and the weak cannot keep company.”

— Aesop

Featured in: Strong Quotes

83. “Fair weather friends are not worth much.”

— Aesop

84. “Do nothing without regard to the consequences.”

— Aesop

85. “We often despise what is most useful to us.”

— Aesop

86. “Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.”

— Aesop

87. “The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.”

— Aesop

88. “Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.”

— Aesop

89. “He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.”

— Aesop

90. “Think twice before you act.”

— Aesop

91. “Harm seek, harm find.”

— Aesop

92. “Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.”

— Aesop

93. “Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.”

— Aesop

94. “I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.”

— Aesop

95. “Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.”

— Aesop

96. “What a splendid head, yet no brain.”

— Aesop

97. “Don’t go looking for trouble.”

— Aesop

98. “It is easy to kick a person when he is down.”

— Aesop

99. “Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness.”

— Aesop

100. “Much outcry, little outcome.”

— Aesop