Do not waste your pity on a scamp.
Aesop, Aesop's Fables.
“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.”
“Once a wolf, always a wolf.”
“Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.”
“Necessity is the mother of invention.”
“All men are more concerned to recover what they lose than to acquire what they lack.”
“Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.”
“Sometimes resilience arrives in the moment you discover your own unshakeable goodness.”
“When you plant a seed of love, it is you that blossoms.”
“All I ever wanted was to reach out and touch another human being not just with my hands but with my heart.”
“The two ideas, justice and vocation, are inseparable.... It is by way of the principle and practice of vocation that sanctity and reverence enter into the human economy. It was thus possible for tr...”
“There can be no deep disappointment where there is not deep love.”
“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”