Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own. Aesop More Quotes by Aesop More Quotes From Aesop Being a good example teaches others to be good. Aesop teach be-good example Appearances are deceptive. Aesop deceptive appearance Our mere anticipations of life outrun its realities. Aesop mere anticipation reality Distrust unsolicited advice. Aesop distrust unsolicited-advice advice Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions. Aesop soar society enemy Acquaintance softens prejudice. Aesop acquaintance prejudice I am sure the grapes are sour. Aesop sour grapes After the rain cometh the fair weather. Aesop after-the-rain rain weather Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong. Aesop strong weak giving Example is more powerful than precept. Aesop powerful example The desire for imaginary benefits often involves the loss of present blessings. Aesop blessing loss desire He is not to be trusted as a friend who illtreats his own family. Aesop trusted We learn from the things we suffer. Aesop suffering It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray. Aesop fables prayer life Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. Aesop fables wisdom literature Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents. Aesop parent life children Change of habit cannot alter Nature. Aesop habit If you wish me well, do not stand pitying me, but lend me some succour as fast as you can; for pity is but cold comfort when one is up to the chin in water, and within a hair's breadth of starving or drowning. Aesop wish hair water If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter. Aesop bed summer winter It is easy to despise what you cannot get Aesop despise failure easy
