Outside show is a poor substitute for in... by Aesop | We Heart Quotes

Worth Morality Poor Ancient Greece Storyteller

Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth.

- Aesop

Other quotes by Aesop

Content First

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

- Aesop

Fire Water

It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters.

- Aesop

Do not count your chickens before they are hatched.

- Aesop

Today

It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.

- Aesop

It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard, if we do not strive as well as pray.

- Aesop

Destruction

We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.

- Aesop

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