Celebres phrases of Aesop

Aesop (600 a.C. - 564 a.C.) He was a Greek fabulist who enjoyed great popularity in his time, despite his speedy death at 36. Thus, important writers of classical Greece such as Herodotus, Aristophanes, Aristotle, Plato and Socrates cite it. His fables continued to cause fascination during antiquity and the Middle Ages.

Content

• Celebres phrases of Aesop
  • More phrases of esopo
• Aesop fables
  • Fable of man and snake
  • Horse fable and donkey
  • Fable of the farmer and the stork
  • Fable of the turtle and hare
  • Astronomer's fable

Celebres phrases of Aesop

The words that are not followed by facts, are worthless.

Please everyone and you will not please anyone

Union makes us as strong as disunity.

The advice given to a fool is like pearls thrown into muladar.

It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.

Always think that if you do damage, sooner or later he will return against you.

It is better to die at once always fearing for life.

No act of goodness, however small, is never wasted.

The most damaged wheel of the car is the one that makes the most noise.

You never despise what seems insignificant, because it is not so weak that I cannot reach you.

It is nonsense to try to imitate the abilities of others.

Our character makes us get into trouble, but it is our pride that keeps us in them.

We must not trust those who presume generous with the good good.

More phrases of esopo

It is better to die at once always fearing for life.

If you praise yourself, you will simply be the object of mockery, especially those who know you best.

The discord that divides friends is the best weapon for enemies.

United, we will remain standing; divided, we will fall.

Once the misfortune has arrived, it is useless to complain.

When arms are needed, relief in words is of no use.

True friends are in misfortunes.

Compensates to be prepared against danger.

Find out with your fate, it's the secret of happiness.

Appearances often deceive.

Together we resist, divided we fall.

Gratitude makes what we have enough. It is the sign of noble souls.

Aesop fables

Next, we share five Aesop fables; All of them with an important moral about good, truth and justice.

Fable of man and snake

A winter, a labrador found an atherined cold snake. Company of her, she took her and put it on her chest. That, revived by heat and having regained his own nature, bit his well -man and killed him. And he, about to die, said: “It is just what happens to me, for having bought me with an evil.

Horse fable and donkey

One man had one horse and one donkey. One day that both were on their way to the city, the donkey, feeling tired, told the horse:

- Take a part of my load if you are interested in my life.

The horse doing the deaf one said nothing to the donkey. Hours later, the donkey fell victim of fatigue, and died right there. Then the owner threw the entire load on the horse, even the donkey's skin. And the horse, sighing said:

- What bad luck I have! For not having wanted to load with a slight bundo now I have to load with everything, and even with the skin of the ass on!

Fable of the farmer and the stork

A labrador placed traps in his freshly sown land and captured a number of cranes that came to eat the seeds. But among them was a stork, which had fractured a leg in the trap and that insistently begged the farmer to keep his life:

- I beg you free, I love - I said, - just for this time. My broken will exalt your piety, and besides, I am not a crane, I am a stork, a bird of excellent character, and I am a very good daughter. Look also my feathers, which are not like those of those cranes.

Labrador laughing said:

- It will be all as you say, but I only know this: I captured you along with these thieves, the cranes, and therefore it corresponds to die along with them. Who is associated with the evil one, with him perishable.

Fable of the turtle and hare

A turtle and a hare argued who was faster. Thus, they set a date and a place and separated. The hare, because of its natural speed, neglected to get to the race, threw itself on the edge of the road and fell asleep. But the turtle, aware of its own slowness, did not cease to run, and thus took the lead to the sleeping hare and took the prize

Astronomer's fable

I had an astronomer the habit of walking every night studying the stars. One day that roamed the outskirts of the city, absorbed in the contemplation of heaven, fell unexpectedly into a well. While regretting and giving voices, he was right to pass a man, who hearing his regrets approached him to know his motive; aware of what happened, he said:

- My friend! Do you want to see what is in heaven and you don't see what is on earth?