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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brain beard half
If you had half as much brains as you have beard, you would have looked before you leaped.
beautiful house brain
A Fox entered the house of an actor and, rummaging through all his properties, came upon a Mask, an admirable imitation of a human head. He placed his paws on it and said, "What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains."
brain splendid
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
brainy
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
brave danger easy far risk
It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
lest substance
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
thinking giving gold
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
common fortune ups-and-downs
Forbear harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
succeed persuasion failing
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.
giving advice crisis
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
Once a wolf, always a wolf.
suffering cry
Those who suffer most cry out the least.
yield peer-pressure
Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.
too-much
Do not attempt too much at once.