Aesop on escape
Aesop109 quotes“In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.”
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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
AesopAesop Beware of a wolf in sheep’s clothing.
AesopAesop A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice.
AesopAesop Expect no reward when you serve the wicked, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pain
AesopAesop Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities.
AesopAesop Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
AesopAesop Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AesopAesop Labour is the source of every blessing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
AesopAesop Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
AesopAesop Little friends may prove great friends.
AesopAesop Those who suffer most cry out the least.
AesopAesop Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
AesopAesop Servants don’t know a good master till they have served a worse.
AesopAesop Labour is the source of every blessing.
AesopAesop Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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You can do anything in the world if you say “Hey man, don’t blame me, the devil made me do it. It’s an easy way to escape responsibility.”
Ice CubeIce Cube I came here as an escape not another form of chains.
TMCTMC Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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TMCTMC People are running, running, but there is no place in the world to which they can flee to escape themselves. Ultimately, each one must face himself.
Paramahansa YoganandaParamahansa Yogananda There is no escape – man drags man down, or man lifts man up.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington The only way to escape the abyss is to look at it, gauge it, sound it out and descend into it.
Cesare PaveseCesare Pavese Whenever your life touches mine, you make me stronger of weaker… there is no escape… people drag others or lift others up.
Booker T. WashingtonBooker T. Washington
