Quote

It pays to be content with your lot.

Aesop

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Aesop
Author
Fabulist
Mythographer
Philosopher
Mesambria Pontica
Aesopus
Esop
Pays
Content
Gratitude
Pay

More quotes by Aesop

Image
There are many statues of men slaying lions, but if only the lions were sculptors there might be quite a different set of statues.
Aesop
Image
Appearances may be deceiving.
Aesop
Image
Evil wishes, like chickens, come home to roost.
Aesop
Image
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.
Aesop
Image
If you choose bad companions, no one will believe that you are anything but bad yourself.
Aesop
Image
We like other people to show themselves to us as they really are.
Aesop
Image
Enemies' promises were made to be broken.
Aesop
Image
Please all, and you will please none.
Aesop
Image
Little liberties are great offenses.
Aesop
Image
Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit and it is but common prudence to see our way out before we venture in.
Aesop
Image
We often despise what is most useful to us.
Aesop
Image
It is easy to despise what you cannot get
Aesop
Image
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
Aesop
Image
Obscurity brings safety.
Aesop
Image
Every man carries two bags about him, one in front and one behind, and both are full of faults. The bag in front contains his neighbors' faults, the one behind his own. Hence it is that men do not see their own faults, but never fail to see those of others.
Aesop
Image
There is always someone worse off than yourself.
Aesop
Image
Adversity tests the sincerity of friends
Aesop
Image
Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.
Aesop
Image
Most arguments are useless.
Aesop
Image
Conceit may bring about one's own downfall.
Aesop