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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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.
giving advice crisis
Give assistance, not advice, in a crisis.
reality giving advice
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
giving coward matter
No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward
strong giving weak
Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong.
giving contempt familiarity
Familiarity gives rise to contempt.
life wisdom giving
He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.
mean giving enemy
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
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.
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.''
arrow enemies means
The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.