Friday, May 9, 2008

Aesop

Efesos, Turkey - 2006



“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”

“A man is known by the companion he keeps.”

“Appearances often are deceiving.”

”Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease.”

“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”

"Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin."

”Do not be in hurry to change one evil for another.”

”Do nothing without regard to consequences.”

”Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.”

”Example is more powerful than precept.”

”Fair weather friends are not worth much.”

“False confidence often leads into danger.”

”He is wise who is warned by the misfortunes of others.”

”If men had all they wished, they will be often ruined.”

”In avoiding one evil care must be taken not to fall into another.”

“In quarreling about the shadow we often lose substance.”

”In serving the wicked, expect no rewards, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.”

“It is easy to be brave from a safe distance.”

"It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds."

”It is wise to turn circumstances to good acount.”

”Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.”

”Misfortune tests the sincerety of friends.”

”No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury.”

”Persuasion is better than force.”

”Self-help is the best help.”

”The best intensions will not always ensure success.”

”The memory of a good deed lives.”

”The value is in the worth, not in the number.”

”Those who act without the sufficient thought will often fall into unsuspected danger.”

“Those who assume a character which doesn't belong to them, only make themselves ridiculous.”

”Those who seek to please everybody, please nobody.”

”Those who suffer most cry out the least.”

“We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.”

“Whatever you do, do with all your might.”