Top 300 Aesop Quotes (2025 Update)
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251. “It is absurd to ape our betters.”

— Aesop

252. “I don’t mind having to die now, for I see that he is the cause of my death is about to share the same fate.”

— Aesop

253. “We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.”

— Aesop

254. “We should find out as much as possible about someone before coming into conflict with him.”

— Aesop

255. “We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.”

— Aesop

256. “This fable shows that ornaments of the spirit are preferable to a beautiful body.”

— Aesop

257. “No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury.”

— Aesop

258. “Your birthday is the vintage of your wine; the mark that warns you of your future.”

— Aesop

259. “The North Wind and the Sun.”

— Aesop

260. “It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards.”

— Aesop

261. “Hope not to succeed in borrowed plumes.”

— Aesop

262. “If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.”

— Aesop

263. “If these town gods can’t detect the thieves who steal from their own temples, it’s hardly likely they’ll tell me who stole my spade.”

— Aesop

264. “A consciousness of misfortunes arising from a man’s own misconduct aggravates their bitterness.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

266. “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

267. “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

268. “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

269. “Necessity is the mother of invention.”

— Aesop

270. “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

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

275. “Familiarity gives rise to contempt.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

277. “False confidence often leads to disaster.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

281. “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

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

285. “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

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

— Aesop

287. “Nilai cela sering dianggap sebagai kemasyhuran.”

— Aesop

288. “The Lion and the Fox.”

— Aesop

289. “The covetous are poor givers.”

— Aesop

290. “Think twice before you act.”

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

294. “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

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

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

— Aesop

298. “It is no use being your own master unless you can stand up for yourself.”

— Aesop

299. “The Flea, terrified, whimpered in a weak little voice, “Oh, sir! pray let me go; don’t kill me! I am such a little thing that I can’t do you much harm.” But the Man laughed and said, “I am going to kill you now, at once: whatever is bad has got to be destroyed, no matter how slight the harm it does.” Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”

— Aesop

300. “Be content with your lot.”

— Aesop