Don't let your special character and val... by Aesop

Truth Morality Ancient Greece Storyteller Fables

Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth - don't let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

- Aesop

Other quotes by Aesop

United

United we stand, divided we fall.

- Aesop

Friend Man

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.

- Aesop

Content First

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

- Aesop

Wishes

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

- Aesop

Will

He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another.

- Aesop

The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.

- Aesop

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