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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enemy society soar
Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions.
suffering
We learn from the things we suffer.
no-friends popularity many-friends
He that has many friends, has no friends.
way safe method
Better one safe way than a hundred on which you cannot reckon.
life hero brave
The hero is brave in deeds as well as words.
hands tree use
A wild boar was sharpening his tusks upon the trunk of a tree in the forest when a fox came by and asked, Why are you doing that, pray? The huntsmen are not out today and there are no other dangers at hand that I can see. True, my friend, replied the Boar, but the instant my life is in danger, I shall need to use my tusks. There will be no time to sharpen them then.
fate masters
Every one is more or less master of his own fate.
honor danger
The more honor, the more danger.
political audience
He collected audiences around him, and flourished and exhibited and harangued.
wisdom skills trying
It is foolish to try to imitate the skills of others.
wisdom too-much good-things
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
animal lions may
Even a hare, the weakest of animals, may insult a dead lion.
regret dessert-first milk
Don't cry over spilt milk.
procrastination today tomorrow
Don't put off for tomorrow what you should do today.