More from Aesop
Don’t neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today.
AesopAesop 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.
AesopAesop Betray a friend, and you’ll often find you have ruined yourself.
AesopAesop It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.
AesopAesop Gratitude is the sign of noble souls.
AesopAesop To be well prepared for war is the best guarantee of peace.
AesopAesop Don’t be in a hurry to change one evil for another.
AesopAesop If you don’t want to lose, you should wait for the right opportunity
AesopAesop Necessity is the mother of invention.
AesopAesop Those who assume a character which does not belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.
AesopAesop Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy.
AesopAesop Vices are their own punishment.
AesopAesop The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
AesopAesop Sometimes the slow ones blame the active for the delay.
AesopAesop Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
AesopAesop A man is known by the company he keeps.
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Find someone who can hear you even when you’re silent.
Brad NeatonBrad Neaton Shadows follow me the way a vulture stalks death. One small step ahead.
Danielle MontgomeryDanielle Montgomery Hidden in the ashes, of a fallen building lays a child’s family photo, with whom he could never unite in life.
Heba NazarHeba Nazar To love something, someone. You don’t need to own them.
Sonika MSonika M When you miss someone, you realize their worth and your faith.
Aradhna S BirenAradhna S Biren The bed was the canvas, we were the art.
Jonny OxJonny Ox Every little part of your soul was made to shine.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski When in truth, it is the transparency that kills you. The pain of seeing through to something you can never quite touch.
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We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon In prosperity God is heard, and that is a blessing; but in adversity God is seen, and that is a greater blessing.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Anything is a blessing which makes us pray.
Charles SpurgeonCharles Spurgeon Oh! was ever woman so blessed as I am.
Queen VictoriaQueen Victoria There is nothing to winning, really. That is, if you happen to be blessed with a keen eye, an agile mind, and no scruples whatsoever.
Alfred HitchcockAlfred Hitchcock God bless us everyone, we’re broken people living under a loaded gun.
Linkin ParkLinkin Park People say I am lucky. I am lucky indeed because what can be better luck than to have the blessings of 125 crore Indians.
Narendra ModiNarendra Modi To bear many children is considered not only a religious blessing but also an investment. The greater their number, some Indians reason, the more alms they can beg.
Indira GandhiIndira Gandhi