Occupation: Author Birth: 620 Bc Death: 564 Bc
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame..
He who plots to hurt others often hurts himself..
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties..
The fly sat upon the axel-tree of the chariot-wheel and said, 'What a dust do I raise!'.
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?.
One story sounds good until another is told.
A crust in comfort is better than a feast in fear..
Time and place often give advantage to the weak over the strong..
Pray do not grieve so; but go and take a stone, and place it in the hole, and fancy that the gold is still lying there. It will do you quite the sameā¦.
You can fool people some of the time, but you can't fool them all of the time..
Don't neglect the future in times of plenty, for tomorrow you may need what you wasted today..
Bad as any government may be, it is seldom worse than anarchy..
I thought these grapes were ripe, but I see now they are quite sour..
He that is hard to please, may get nothing in the end..
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..
If words suffice not, blows must follow..
Please all, and you will please none..
Better to learn wisdom from other people's misfortunes than from your own..
Keep your place in life and your place will keep you.
Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten..
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing..