55 Aesop Quotes on Life and Gratitude (KINDNESS)

Top 10 Most Famous Aesop Quotes (AESOP FABLES)

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

Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today. — Don’t neglect the **future** in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself. — Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.

Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. — Don’t count your chickens before they are hatched.

Honesty is the best policy. — **Honesty** is the best policy.

A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth. — A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the **truth**.

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

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

16 Inspirational Aesop Quotes on Kindness and Gratitude (GREEK FABULIST)

Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. — **Gratitude** is the sign of noble souls.

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.

The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.

Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear. — Better beans and bacon in **peace** than cakes and ale in **fear**.

Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.

Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.

The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.

People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.

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

We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

A person’s true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.

29 Wise Aesop Quotes About Life and Truth (WISDOM)

The level of our success is limited only by our imagination. — The level of our **success** is limited only by our imagination.

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

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. — 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**.

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. — It is with our **passions** as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passed over.

Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. — Every **truth** has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either.

Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.

Wise men say nothing in dangerous times. — Wise men say nothing in dangerous **times**.

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.

Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.

Those who suffer most cry out the least.

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

Adversity tests the sincerity of friends. — Adversity tests the **sincerity** of friends.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.

Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today. — Don’t put off for tomorrow what you should do today.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.

Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents.

In critical moments, even the very powerful have need of the weakest.

Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.

Aesop (Greek Fabulist) Short Biography

Born in 620 BCE in Thrace, Aesop was a storyteller who was famous for the number of fables that he wrote.

Unfortunately, not much is known about Aesop’s life, most accounts of his life come from the writings of other authors and philosophers.

Aesop was once a slave but was eventually freed. It is believed that Plutarch, the famous philosopher, made Aesop the adviser to Croesus, the last king of Lydia.

Some historians believe that Aesop was not even his real name but was simply used to be able to identify an author for some fables.

A collection of fables has been ascribed to Aesop entitled Aesopica. In 1484, the first copy of Aesop’s fables for children was printed.

Throughout the years, Aesop’s fables have been used by teachers and parents to help teach moral lessons to children.

Many versions of these fables have been reprinted over the years and have been read by children all over the world throughout history. Fables such as The Tortoise and the Hare have been ingrained into society for generations.

Further Reading: