Slow but steady wins the race.
AesopRead
Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing.
Interpretation
People frequently admire copies and replicas while dismissing the original.
This quote by Aesop highlights the tendency of individuals to appreciate superficial or imitative forms over genuine authenticity. It serves as a reminder that true originality may not always receive the recognition it deserves, as society often leans towards what is familiar or less challenging to comprehend, rather than valuing the purity of the original concept or idea.
In practice
In a discussion about art, one could use this quote to emphasize the importance of originality over imitation.
Slow but steady wins the race.
We often despise what is most useful to us.
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.
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
If you are a friend, why do you bite me so hard? If an enemy, why do you fawn on me?
The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others.
A victor only breeds hatred, while a defeated man lives in misery, but a man at peace within lives happily, abandoning up ideas of victory and defeat.
Economists have allowed themselves to walk into a trap where we say we can forecast, but no serious economist thinks we can. You don't expect dentists to be able to forecast how many teeth you'll have when you're 80. You expect them to give good advice and fix problems.
Bring forward what is true, Write it so that it is clear, Defend it to your last breath!
Make the small big and the few many.
Each man has his own vocation. The talent is the call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him. He has faculties silently inviting him thither to endless exertion. He is like a ship in the river; he runs against obstructions on every side but one; on that side all obstruction is taken away, and he sweeps serenely over a deepening channel into an infinite sea.
I often think I can see it in myself and in other young writers, this desperate desire to please coupled with a kind of hostility to the reader.
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