A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.
AESOPPoverty with security is better than plenty in the midst of fear and uncertainty.
More Aesop Quotes
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Much wants more and loses all.
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One story sounds good until another is told.
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There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
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Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
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All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
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If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
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Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
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Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.
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Adversity tests the sincerity of friends.
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Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
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There can be no good fable with human beings in it. There can be no good fairy tale without them.
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Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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I can’t be friends with a man who blows hot and cold with the same breath.
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