Quotes by Aesop
48 quotes by Aesop
Aesop, Greek fabulist and storyteller
Life period: 620 BC - 564 BC
Origin country: Greece
Biography: Aesop is an ancient greek wrietr, known only for the genre of fables, he is considered the founder of fable. He was a slave in ancient Greece.
A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
Quote by Aesop about wisdom, peace
A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
Quote by Aesop about friendship, enemies, things, man
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Quote by Aesop about love, common sense
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Quote by Aesop about philosophy, shadow
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Quote by Aesop about opinion, shadow
Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.
Quote by Aesop about value, character, secret, truth
Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.
Quote by Aesop about truth
He that always gives away to others, will end in having no principles of his own.
Quote by Aesop about philosophy, end
