Quotes from Aesop
Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.
— Aesop
He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
— Aesop
If you were foolish enough to sing all summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.
— Aesop
Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.
— Aesop
Be satisfied with what you have.
— Aesop
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.
— Aesop
A word in season is most precious.
— Aesop
The great do not always prevail.
— Aesop
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
— Aesop
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.
— Aesop
The greatest benefits will not bind the ungrateful.
— Aesop
Pride goes before destruction.
— Aesop