Authors - Aesop
Brief Biography
Aesop (620 - 564 BC) was a fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and (if they ever existed) 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. In many of the tales, animals speak and have human characteristics. - Wikipedia
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Quote 2234by Anonymous on 25/01/2011
It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
Quote 5086by Anonymous on 14/05/2011
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Quote 5710by Anonymous on 21/08/2011
It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
Quote 5847by Anonymous on 30/08/2011
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
Quote 5860by Anonymous on 01/09/2011
I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath.
Quote 6338by Anonymous on 18/09/2011
Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.
Quote 7069by Anonymous on 19/10/2011
Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.
Quote 7260by Anonymous on 30/10/2011
In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest.
Quote 7345by Anonymous on 04/11/2011
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Quote 7486by Anonymous on 28/11/2011
Persuasion is often more effectual than force.
Quote 8548by Anonymous on 18/05/2012
A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.
Quote 12974by Anonymous on 07/06/2013
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.
Quote 13066by Anonymous on 18/06/2013
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
