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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home evil wish
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
growing-up evil literature
Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
hands tyrants evil
Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.
mean evil benefits
Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.
evil hateful virtue
The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.
kindness long evil
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.
hurt evil profit
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.
evil
Don't be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
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.
brainy
After all is said and done, more is said than done.
again bald blow buzzing came enemies fly head hot injure kept man notice palm sat time tormented wiser work
There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzzing about his bald pate, and stinging him from time to time. The Man aimed a blow at his little enemy, but - whack - his palm come on his own head instead; again the Fly tormented him, but this time the Man was wiser and said: ''YOU WILL ONLY INJURE YOURSELF IF YOU TAKE NOTICE OF DISPICABLE ENEMIES.''