Maxioms by Aesop
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
Only cowards insult dying majesty.
The Wolf and the Crane
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a read more
The Wolf and the Crane
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to put her head into his mouth and draw out the bone. When the Crane had extracted the bone and demanded the promised payment, the Wolf, grinning and grinding his teeth, exclaimed: Why, you have surely already had a sufficient recompense, in having been permitted to draw out your head in safety from the mouth and jaws of a wolf.
In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you
escape injury for your pains.
The Ants and the Grasshopper
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected
in the summertime. read more
The Ants and the Grasshopper
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected
in the summertime. A Grasshopper, perishing with famine, passed
by and earnestly begged for a little food. The Ants inquired of
him, Why did you not treasure up food during the summer?' He
replied, I had not leisure enough. I passed the days in
singing. They then said in derision: If you were foolish enough
to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the
winter.
It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
