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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reality anticipation mere
Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
reality useless attacking
It is useless attacking the insensible.
reality mind literature
We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance.
reality giving advice
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
real men originality
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
reality focus-and-concentration shadow
Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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.''
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.
succeed persuasion failing
Gentle persuasion succeeds where force fails.