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)