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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trying may impossible
Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature
men political politics
If you allow men to use you for your own purposes, they will use you for theirs.
failure easy despise
It is easy to despise what you cannot get
apes absurd
It is absurd to ape our betters.
grapes sour
I am sure the grapes are sour.
life suffering injury
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
safety literature causes
Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety.
reality giving advice
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
hypocrisy trouble false-friends
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
honesty people fool
You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.
wisdom literature contempt
Familiarity breeds contempt.
gains
The least outlay is not always the greatest gain.
dust tree wheels
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, What a dust do I raise!
might wealth wells
Wealth unused might as well not exist.