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The fables of Aesop have become one of the most enduring traditions of European culture, ever since they were first written down nearly two millennia ago. Aesop was reputedly a tongue-tied slave who miraculously received the power of speech; from his legendary storytelling came the collections... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Wolf: Add a description of this character.
- Master Fox
- Miller
- Woodman
- Zeus
- Teiresias
- Liddell
- Chambry
- Fox: Boastful, vain, and mean.
- Hart
- Hare
- Tortoise
- Boy who cried wolf: A shepherd boy who tricks nearby villagers into thinking a wolf is attacking his flock.
- Crane: Hired by the Wolf to remove a bone stuck in the Wolf's throat.
- Sheep: what
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Quotes edit
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“In serving the wicked, expect no reward, and be thankful if you escape injury for your pains.”
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“Self-help is the best help.”
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“The loiterer often blames delay on his more active friend.”
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“Slow but steady wins the race.”
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“Birds of a feather flock together.”
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“The greatest kindness will not bind the ungrateful.”
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“No arguments will give courage to the coward.”
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“Fair weather friends are not worth much.”
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“Don't make much ado about nothing.”
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“If men had all they wished, they would be often ruined.”
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“Pleasure bought with pains, hurts.”
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“One story is good, till another is told.”
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“If words suffice not, blows must follow.”
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“Look before you leap.”
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“Those who suffer most cry out the least.”
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“If we lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion.”
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“Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.”
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“Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten.”
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“Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.”
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“Do not trust flatterers.”
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“Only cowards insult dying majesty.”
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“Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.”
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The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny, and it is useless for the innocent to try by reasoning to get justice, when the oppressor intends to be unjust.
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Men are too apt to condemn in others the very things they practice themselves.
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Whatever you do, do with all your might.
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Those who pretend that they can mend others should first mend themselves, and then they will be more readily believed.
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We are encouraged by seeing others that are worse off than ourselves.
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Those who strive are often watched by others who will take advantage of their defeat to benefit themselves.
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Be not hasty to envy the condition of others.
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He who once begins to tell falsehoods is obliged to tell others to make them appear true, and, sooner or later, they will get him into trouble.
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What is most truly valuable is often underrated.
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A fair face is of little use without sense.
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First Sentence edit
A wolf meeting with a lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent hands on him, but to find some plea to justify to the lamb the wolf's right to eat him.
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Barnes & Noble Classics. (community list)
This book is in Dodo Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 1001 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Metamorphoses.
This book is in Western canon according to Harold Bloom. (community list)
This book is in Penguin Classics. (edition-based publisher list)
This is book 382 of 986 in 1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up. (authoritative list)
Preceded by The Adventures of the Dish and the Spoon, and followed by The Arabian Nights.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Aesop (Author)
Other Contributors:
- Arthur Rackham (Illustrator)
- Charles Folkard (Illustrator)
- John Tenniel (Illustrator)
- Nora Fry (Illustrator)
- V. S. Vernon Jones (Translator)
- G. K. Chesterton (Introduction)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Greek
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Ancient Greece
Publication Date: 6th century BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 283
Publisher: Add the publisher.
Country: Ancient Greece
Publication Date: 6th century BC
ISBN: N/A
Page Count: 283
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 808
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- Librivox: Free Audio Book
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