Top 300 Aesop Quotes (2024 Update)
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251. “Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”

— Aesop

252. “Labour is the source of every blessing.”

— Aesop

253. “You ridiculed the idea of my ever being able to help you, not expecting to receive from me any repayment of your favor; now you know that it is possible for even a Mouse to confer benefits on a Lion.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

255. “The Sun is bad enough even while he is single, drying up our marshes with his heat as he does. But what will become of us if he marries and and begets other suns?”

— Aesop

256. “United you will be more than a match for your enemies. But if you quarrel and separate, your weakness will put you at the mercy of those who attack you.”

— Aesop

257. “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.”

— Aesop

258. “One who steals has no right to complain if he is robbed.”

— Aesop

259. “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

— Aesop

260. “It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.”

— Aesop

261. “Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.”

— Aesop

262. “Others may try to feed our ego, but it is up to us to constrain it.”

— Aesop

263. “Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself, but the winds fall upon me with their gusts and gales, and lash me into a fury that is not natural to me.”

— Aesop

264. “There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.”

— Aesop

265. “Familiarity gives rise to contempt.”

— Aesop

266. “Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

268. “Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.”

— Aesop

269. “Tut, man, don’t sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

272. “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.”

— Aesop

273. “Hati-hati jangan sampai kehilangan milikmu yang berharga gara-gara ingin menangkap bayangan.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

275. “Not all creatures can become as great as they think.”

— Aesop

276. “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.”

— Aesop

277. “We tend to underestimate the small things about ourselves that are often our most valuable attributes.”

— Aesop

278. “Having tasted the honeycomb, he threw down his axe, and looking on the tree as sacred, took great care of it.”

— Aesop

279. “Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.”

— Aesop

280. “The Lion and the Fox.”

— Aesop

281. “The covetous are poor givers.”

— Aesop

282. “Nilai cela sering dianggap sebagai kemasyhuran.”

— Aesop

283. “The most dangerous enemy is the one within.”

— Aesop

284. “Oh, stop! stop! I beg of you: what is sport to you is death to us.”

— Aesop

285. “Think twice before you act.”

— Aesop

286. “Be content with your lot.”

— Aesop

287. “One winter a Farmer found a Viper frozen and numb with cold, and out of pity picked it up and placed it in his bosom. The Viper was no sooner revived by the warmth than it turned upon its benefactor and inflicted a fatal bite upon him; and as the poor man lay dying, he cried, “I have only got what I deserved, for taking compassion on so villainous a creature.” Kindness is thrown away upon the evil.”

— Aesop

288. “Fine feathers don’t make fine birds.”

— Aesop

289. “When you hit back make sure you have got the right man.”

— Aesop

290. “The weak will sometimes find ways to avenge an insult, even upon the strong.”

— Aesop

291. “Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves.”

— Aesop

292. “In the good days remember also death.”

— Aesop

293. “False confidence often leads to disaster.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

295. “If you attempt what is beyond your power, your trouble will be wasted and you court not only misfortune but ridicule.”

— Aesop

296. “I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little Lapdog!”

— Aesop

297. “I can never be your friend because of my lost tail, nor you mine because of your lost child.”

— Aesop

298. “Utility is most men’s test of worth.”

— Aesop

299. “The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. “That will do,” said he. “That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .“Do not trust flatterers.”

— Aesop

300. “Danger sometimes comes from a source that is least suspected.”

— Aesop