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...
NationalityGreek
ProfessionAuthor
wisdom kindness persuasive
Kindness is more persuasive than force.
kindness parenting severity
Kindness effects more than severity.
kindness
A kindness is never wasted
kindness ungrateful ingratitude
The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
kindness long evil
Those who return evil for good should not expect the kindness of others to last long.
success kindness congratulations
The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted.
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.
brave danger easy far risk
It is easy to be brave when far away from danger.
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.