Contentment with our lot is an element of happiness. Aesop More Quotes by Aesop More Quotes From Aesop Don't kill the goose that lays the golden egg. Aesop golden gratitude eggs Obscurity often brings safety. Aesop obscurity safety The great do not always prevail. Aesop You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time. Aesop fool honesty people We should use our judgment before coming to a decision. Aesop judgment decision use He who shares the danger ought to share the prize. Aesop share danger life A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise. Aesop disguise persons life We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. Aesop giving mean enemy Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own. Aesop misfortunes people Try as one may, it is impossible to deny one's nature Aesop impossible may trying Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. Aesop originality real men once upon a time all the rivers combined to protest against the action of the sea in making their waters salt. "When we come to you," sad they to the sea, "we are sweet and drinkable; but when once we have mingled with you, our waters become as briny and unpalatable as your own." The sea replied shortly, "Keep away from me, and you'll remain sweet. Aesop sea rivers sweet Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. Aesop focus-and-concentration shadow reality It is easier to become entangled with an enemy than to disentangle oneself afterwards. Aesop oneself easier enemy Do not attempt too much at once. Aesop too-much Pride goes before destruction. Aesop destruction pride Familiarity breeds contempt. Aesop disrespect wisdom relationship There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues. Aesop lions different men Once a wolf, always a wolf. Aesop Evil companions bring more hurt than profit. Aesop profit hurt evil
