Aesop's Fables — Aesop

Aesop's Fables

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• No one truly forgets injuries in the presence of him who caused the injury. ¶125
• SOME BOYS, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began to pelt them with stones. They killed several of them, when one of the Frogs, lifting his head out of the water, cried out: "Pray stop, my boys: what is sport to you, is death to us." ¶134
• A SICK STAG lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in great numbers to inquire after his health, and each one helped himself to a share of the food which had been placed for his use; so that he died, not from his sickness, but from the failure of the means of living. ¶136
• Evil companions bring more hurt than profit. ¶137
• Do not be in a hurry to change one evil for another. ¶142
• The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox ¶143
• Little liberties are great offenses. ¶145
• The Goatherd and the Wild Goats ¶148
• Old friends cannot with impunity be sacrificed for new ones. ¶150
• Notoriety is often mistaken for fame. ¶153
• A BOY was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, "Although it hurts me very much, I only touched it gently." "That was just why it stung you," said his Mother. "The next time you touch a Nettle, grasp it boldly, and it will be soft as silk to your hand, and not in the least hurt you." ¶157
• Whatever you do, do with all your might. ¶158
• The Man and His Two Sweethearts ¶159
• Those who seek to please everybody please nobody. ¶161
• The Old Woman and the Physician ¶166
• The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle ¶168
• Pride goes before destruction. ¶170
• The Widow and Her Little Maidens ¶183
• The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf ¶185
• There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth. ¶187
• A KID standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by and immediately began to taunt and revile him. The Wolf, looking up, said, "Sirrah! I hear thee: yet it is not thou who mockest me, but the roof on which thou art standing." ¶191
• Time and place often give the advantage to the weak over the strong. ¶192
• A SHEPHERD once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a while taught it to steal lambs from the neighboring flocks. The Wolf, having shown himself an apt pupil, said to the Shepherd, "Since you have taught me to steal, you must keep a sharp lookout, or you will lose some of your own flock." ¶196
• The Father and His Two Daughters ¶197
• Example is more powerful than precept. ¶203
• The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice ¶206
• Better poverty without care, than riches with. ¶214
• The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk ¶215
• Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed increase their means of injuring you. ¶220
• A RIVER carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of brass. The Earthen Pot said to the Brass Pot, "Pray keep at a distance and do not come near me, for if you touch me ever so slightly, I shall be broken in pieces, and besides, I by no means wish to come near you." ¶222
• Hypocritical speeches are easily seen through. ¶226
• What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh. ¶229
• A FISHERMAN, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and captured a great haul of fish. He managed by a skillful handling of his net to retain all the large fish and to draw them to the shore; but he could not prevent the smaller fish from falling back through the meshes of the net into the sea. ¶231
• The Huntsman and the Fisherman ¶232
• The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar ¶235
• The memory of a good deed lives. ¶237
• Children are not to be blamed for the faults of their parents. ¶242
• The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons ¶245
• THE PIGEONS, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon the Hawk to defend them. He at once consented. When they had admitted him into the cote, they found that he made more havoc and slew a larger number of them in one day than the Kite could pounce upon in a whole year. ¶246
• Avoid a remedy that is worse than the disease. ¶247

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