Aesop
Aesop
Aesopwas an Ancient Greek fabulist or story teller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains uncertain and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics...
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anger opportunity quarrels
The quarrels of friends are the opportunities of foes.
thinking giving gold
Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find-nothing.
lying grieving gold
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 same service; for when the gold was there, you had it not, as you did not make the slightest use of it.
summer winter bed
If you were foolish enough to sing all the summer, you must dance supperless to bed in the winter.
suffering
We learn from the things we suffer.
strong weak company
The strong and the weak cannot keep company.
prejudice acquaintance
Acquaintance softens prejudice.
sticks flesh bones
What's bred in the bone will stick to the flesh.
mean evil benefits
Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.
delay active
The loiterer often imputes delay to his more active friend.
no-friends popularity many-friends
He that has many friends, has no friends.
safety obscurity
Obscurity often brings safety.