Quote

Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.

Aesop

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aesop
Author
Fabulist
Mythographer
Philosopher
Mesambria Pontica
Aesopus
Esop
Men
Hiss
Applaud
Originality
Imitation
Often
Real
Thing

More quotes by Aesop

Image
He who incites to strife is worse than he who takes part in it.
Aesop
Image
Uninvited guests seldom meet a welcome.
Aesop
Image
Appearances are deceptive.
Aesop
Image
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
Aesop
Image
Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.
Aesop
Image
Little liberties are great offenses.
Aesop
Image
Better a long life of toil than a short one of ease.
Aesop
Image
The grateful heart will always find opportunities to show its gratitude.
Aesop
Image
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.
Aesop
Image
You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time.
Aesop
Image
Good things come in small packages.
Aesop
Image
All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.
Aesop
Image
Every tale is not to be believed.
Aesop
Image
A person's true nature will reveal itself despite disguise.
Aesop
Image
Never trust advice from a man in the throes of his own difficulty.
Aesop
Image
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
Aesop
Image
We should use our judgment before coming to a decision.
Aesop
Image
Vices are their own punishment
Aesop
Image
False friends leave you in times of trouble.
Aesop
Image
The memory of a good deed lives.
Aesop