Aesop

kindness small wasted

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

trust advice difficult

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

― Aesop (620-564BC)

hang petty thief appoint great office

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

said done talking

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

brave safe distance risk

“It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

please all none

“Please all, and you will please none.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

small mind great conceit

“The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

necessity mother invention

“Necessity is the mother of invention.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

outside show poor substitute inner worth

“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

more want lose

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

― Aesop (620-564BC)

easy despise get

“It is easy to despise what you cannot get”

― Aesop (620-564BC)

value worth number

"The value is in the worth, not in the number."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

wise misfortunes other

"Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

say done do

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

― Aesop (620-564BC)

say nice nothing

"If you can't say anything nice, then don't say anything at all."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

starve free fat slave

"Better to starve free than be a fat slave"

― Aesop (620-564BC)

argument useless

"Most arguments are useless."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

clothe disguise silly word disclose fool

"Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool"

― Aesop (620-564BC)

tyrant pretext tyranny

"The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

plan conceive execute

"It is one thing to conceive a good plan, and another to execute it"

― Aesop (620-564BC)

distrust advice unsolicited

"Distrust unsolicited advice."

― Aesop (620-564BC)

argument convince courage coward

"No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward"

― Aesop (620-564BC)