Top 300 Aesop Quotes (2024 Update)
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51. “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

52. “Great determination can overcome most odds.”

— Aesop

53. “It is easy to despise what you cannot get.”

— Aesop

54. “Who acts in haste repents at leisure.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

57. “I am sure the grapes are sour.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

67. “Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.”

— Aesop

68. “Distrust unsolicited advice.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

72. “Obscurity often brings safety.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

74. “Necessity knows no law.”

— Aesop

75. “The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny, and it is useless for the innocent to try by reasoning to get justice, when the oppressor intends to be unjust.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

78. “Little friends may prove great friends.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

80. “It pays to be prepared.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

84. “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

85. “Harm seek, harm find.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

93. “Much outcry, little outcome.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

95. “A word in season is most precious.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

97. “Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

99. “We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.”

— Aesop

100. “Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.”

— Aesop