415 Quotes by Aesop

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

Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature

If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.

It is easy to despise what you cannot get

Be satisfied with what you have.

It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.

Zeal should not outrun discretion.

Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.

It is absurd to ape our betters.