More from Aesop
It is possible to have too much of a good thing.
AesopAesop It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters.
AesopAesop Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
AesopAesop It is easy to be brave at a safe distance.
AesopAesop Persuasion is more effective than force.
AesopAesop Slow and steady wins the race.
AesopAesop Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
AesopAesop There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AesopAesop There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
AesopAesop Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
AesopAesop Better to starve free than be a fat slave.
AesopAesop Do not attempt to hide things which cannot be hidden.
AesopAesop Please all, and you will please none.
AesopAesop Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
AesopAesop The more you want, the more you stand to lose.
AesopAesop In union, there is strength.
AesopAesop
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They bleed not in the mouth but through their ink – indelible and dark.
Juana GarciaJuana Garcia I would rather shoot my arrows than keep them in my bow, I would rather risk it all than risk nothing at all.
ShamaShama I wish I knew then all of the things I know now that I am enough.
TMCTMC I feel like I’m on fire, fighting for a moment on respite – I’m not placing bets.
M.K. StandbyM.K. Standby I found him in all the chaos, and that was when my world started making sense again.
MoomerMoomer The judgement that people cast on you for how you do or do not appear is nothing more than just a projection of their own wounds.
Taj AroraTaj Arora Be grateful for what you have now, even if it’s not everything you wanted.
Sonia SabnisSonia Sabnis It seems strange how we look in the same mirror, yet what stares back, is so painfully different.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin
More on punishment
The man who has a conscience suffers whilst acknowledging his sin. That is his punishment.
Fyodor DostoevskyFyodor Dostoevsky What can be painted can be punished.
Bob RossBob Ross I guess living without love, without experiencing it or being able to give it is pretty strong punishment.
Keanu ReevesKeanu Reeves Educate the children and it won’t be necessary to punish the men.
PythagorasPythagoras Power is of two kinds. One is obtained by the fear of punishment and the other by acts of love.
Mahatma GandhiMahatma Gandhi When we cling to pain we end up punishing ourselves.
Leo BuscagliaLeo Buscaglia Sometimes there is absolutely no difference at all between salvation and damnation.
Stephen KingStephen King There’s a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
Rush LimbaughRush Limbaugh