Charles > Charles's Quotes

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”
― Aesop

“The smaller the mind, the greater the conceit.”
― Aesop

“A liar will not be believed even when he speaks the truth.”
― Aesop

“Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.”
― Aesop

“Please all, and you will please none.”
― Aesop

“A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.”
― Aesop, Aesop’s Fables

“After all is said and done, more is said than done.”
― Aesop

“It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.”
― Aesop

“We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.”
― Aesop

“No one believes a liar even when he tells the truth”
― Aesop

“Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.”
― Aesop

“Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most”
― aesop

“Little by little does the trick.”
― Aesop

“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
― Aesop

“Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.”
― Aesop

“The north wind and the sun were disputing which was the stronger, and agreed to acknowledge as the victor whichever of them could strip a traveler of his clothing. The wind tried first. But its violent gusts only made the man hold his clothes tightly around him, and when it blew harder still the cold made him so uncomfortable that he put on an extra wrap. Eventually the wind got tired of it and handed him over to the sun. The sun shone first with moderate warmth, which made the man take off his topcoat. Then it blazed fiercely, till, unable to stand the heat, he stripped and went off to a bathe in a nearby river. Persuasion is more effective than force. ”
― Aesop

“Adversity tests the sincerity of friends”
― aesop

“once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

“Adventure is worthwhile.”
― Amelia Earhart

“Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature”
― aesop

“Self-help is the best help”
― aesop

“Vices are their own punishment”
― Aesop

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
― Aesop

“I am sure the grapes are sour. ”
― Aesop

“The injury we do and the one we suffer are not weighed in the same scales.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

“It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.”
― Aesop

“Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.”
― Aesop

“It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds.”
― Aesop

“We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction”
― aesop

“Wise men say nothing in dangerous times”
― aesop