Aesop
Aesop
Aesopwas an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics...
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habit
Change of habit cannot alter Nature.
cutting helping contracts
God helps those who have no-cut contracts.
enemy easier oneself
It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards.
hands tyrants evil
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
giving contempt familiarity
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
fear poverty midst
Poverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
fall school unity
Here is an Unity Quote that we have all known since school: United we stand; divided we fall.
reality anticipation mere
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
rain weather after-the-rain
After the rain cometh the fair weather.
dust tree wheels
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!
evil hateful virtue
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.
work entitled
None but those who work are entitled to eat.
should zeal outrun
Zeal should not outrun discretion.
harm
Harm seek, harm find.