Top 300 Aesop Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.”

— Aesop

152. “It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.”

— Aesop

153. “He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.”

— Aesop

154. “Better poverty without care, than riches with.”

— Aesop

155. “Wealth unused might as well not exist.”

— Aesop

156. “Better no rule than cruel rule.”

— Aesop

157. “If you are wise you won’t be deceived by the innocent airs of those whom you have once found to be dangerous.”

— Aesop

158. “Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

— Aesop

159. “Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.”

— Aesop

160. “The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings.”

— Aesop

161. “No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.”

— Aesop

162. “We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.”

— Aesop

163. “The more you want, the more you stand to lose.”

— Aesop

164. “What’s bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.”

— Aesop

165. “You may share the labors of the great, but you will not share the spoil.”

— Aesop

166. “Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new deserves what e gets if he loses both.”

— Aesop

167. “I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.”

— Aesop

168. “Clumsy jesting is no joke.”

— Aesop

169. “Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.”

— Aesop

170. “Zeal should not outrun discretion.”

— Aesop

171. “You will only injure yourself if you take notice of despicable enemies.”

— Aesop

172. “It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”

— Aesop

173. “If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.”

— Aesop

174. “A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear.”

— Aesop

175. “Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.”

— Aesop

176. “To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.”

— Aesop

177. “Never soar aloft on an enemy’s pinions.”

— Aesop

178. “We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”

— Aesop

179. “There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.”

— Aesop

180. “He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.”

— Aesop

181. “Precious things are for those that can prize them.”

— Aesop

182. “Straw shows which way the wind is blowing.”

— Aesop

183. “Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.”

— Aesop

184. “A false tale often betrays itself.”

— Aesop

185. “The Boys and the Frogs SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: “Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us.”

— Aesop

186. “It is easy to propose impossible remedies.” The.”

— Aesop

187. “In a crisis, give help first and then advice.”

— Aesop

188. “Each person has his strong point.”

— Aesop

189. “The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.”

— Aesop

190. “Plodding wins the race.”

— Aesop

191. “In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.”

— Aesop

192. “What is most truly valuable is often underrated.”

— Aesop

193. “I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

195. “While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy’s toils than out again.”

— Aesop

196. “Misfortune tests the sincerity of friendship.”

— Aesop

197. “Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.”

— Aesop

198. “It is useless attacking the insensible.”

— Aesop

199. “If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair’s breadth of starving or drowning.”

— Aesop

200. “It pays to be content with your lot.”

— Aesop