Aesop Quotes

Men are more prone to revenge injuries than to requite kindness.

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot.

Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

If malice or envy were tangible and had a shape, it would be the shape of a boomerang.

I have gold for my friends, and iron for my enemies

Let no good deed go unpunished!

There is no good in store so long as malice and jealousy and egotism will prevail.

We can more easily avenge an injury than requite a kindness; on this account, because there is less difficulty in getting the better of the wicked than in making one's self equal with the good.

I look after those who look after me." He smacks his lips, stares at me, and adds, "I also look after those who don't." - Sara Gruen (Water for Elephants)

Be good to others, that will protect you against evil.

But I can say that life is good to me. Has been and is good. So I think my task is to be good to it. So how do you be good to life? You live it.

Because revenge is a very known feeling in American culture, there's a certain element of an eye for an eye. There's the saying, 'Be careful what you wish for, you might get it.' When you wish for revenge, and you think you've gotten it, what happens then? Revenge is just a really good drive for drama and good action.

I have had friends who have acted kindly towards me, and it has been my good fortune to have it in my power to give them substantial proofs of my gratitude.

Be kind to people on the way up - you'll meet them again on your way down.

You'll never get ahead of anyone as long as you try to get even with him.

To remind a man of the good turns you have done him is very much like a reproach.

I have a saying - 'You treat me good, I'll treat you better. You treat me bad, I'll treat you worse. And when in doubt, knock 'em out.'

If you are good to this one and that one, this one and that one will say that you are good. If you are good to everyone, no one will say that you are good.

Kindnesses are easily forgotten; but injuries! what worthy man does not keep those in mind?

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

Some people feel good about helping others, and they do so often. They do not realize that their good deeds have a second agenda. They want to be appreciated.

There's not enough good things in the world.

Always grow flowers, as that will make your way full of flowers. Never grow thorns, as that will make your way thorny. Never want to target someone on an arrow. You may become the target of that arrow. Never make a well in the way of someone. As you may pass by that way sometime.

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.