More from Aesop
Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.
AesopAesop Whoever neglects old friends for the sake of new, lose both.
AesopAesop Much wants more and loses all.
AesopAesop Facts speak plainer than words.
AesopAesop The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
AesopAesop Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.
AesopAesop Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
AesopAesop Wise men say nothing in dangerous times.
AesopAesop Once a wolf, always a wolf.
AesopAesop He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family.
AesopAesop No gratitude from the wicked.
AesopAesop No argument, no matter how convincing, will give courage to a coward.
AesopAesop Fine clothes may disguise, but silly words will disclose a fool.
AesopAesop Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one’s nature.
AesopAesop Better no rule than cruel rule.
AesopAesop Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes.
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I managed to cut myself loose and while there was pain – there weren’t any blood.
Jenny WinbladhJenny Winbladh Free will exist only in a confused mind.
Frode GaslandFrode Gasland If you are true to yourself, you are already a winner.
Alex DanielAlex Daniel You deserve words that remind you of your value.
Saif Ali ManganSaif Ali Mangan Do always wonder about your worth and remind yourself that even roses have their own thorns.
Megan LaoMegan Lao I’m like sugar in the coffee. Stir me and I’ll dissolve into you.
BelaBela Plans have changed. Life looks different. & now we’re all figuring it out as we go.
Tanya GillTanya Gill Be loyal to those loyal to you.
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I can think of no greater disaster to this country than to have the voters of it divide upon religious lines.
Al SmithAl Smith We cannot move forward or will not move forward if we are divided.
Al SharptonAl Sharpton Today I divide my day between being actor, producer and distributor, and the monotony is broken.
Ajay DevgnAjay Devgn Still, it’s an apt metaphor for our profession. But there’s another kind of hole, and that is the wound that divides family.
Abraham VergheseAbraham Verghese If diving once does not bring you pearls, you need not therefore conclude that the sea is without them.
RamakrishnaRamakrishna The physician thinks he is the master, forgetting that God is the Master. God laughs again when two brothers divide their land with a string, saying to each
RamakrishnaRamakrishna I see that time divided is never long, and that regularity abridges all things.
Abel StevensAbel Stevens The divides are not Islam and western society, the divide is between people who have different values. We must promote connections between people who want to contribute to human values.
Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na'imAbdullahi Ahmed An-Na'im
