Aesop: Quotations

Samstag, Mai 16th, 2009 Posted in Quotations | No Comments »

Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. In critical moments even the very powerful have need of ... Read more..

Aesop: The Flies and the Honey-Pot

Dienstag, April 21st, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

A number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overturned in a housekeeper's room, and placing their feet in it, ate greedily. Their feet, however, ... Read more..

Aesop: The Tortoise and the Eagle

Montag, April 20th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

A Tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her hard fate, that no one would teach her to fly. An Eagle, hovering near, heard her lamentation ... Read more..

Aesop: The Ass, the Fox and the Lion

Sonntag, April 19th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

The Ass and the Fox, having entered into partnership together for their mutual protection, went out into the forest to hunt. They had not proceeded far when they met a ... Read more..

Aesop: The Fawn and his Mother

Samstag, April 18th, 2009 Posted in Essays, Fables | No Comments »

A young Fawn once said to his Mother, "You are larger than a dog, and swifter, and more used to running, and you have your horns as a defense; why, ... Read more..

Aesop: The Farmer and the Snake

Freitag, April 17th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

One winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compassion on it, and taking it up, placed it in his bosom. The Snake was quickly ... Read more..

Aesop: The Farmer and the Stork

Donnerstag, April 16th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

A Farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cranes, which came to pick up his seed. With them he trapped a Stork that had fractured ... Read more..

Aesop: The Hare and the Tortoise

Mittwoch, April 15th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

A Hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who replied, laughing: "Though you be swift as the wind, I will beat you in a ... Read more..

Aesop: The Herdsman and the Lost Bull

Dienstag, April 14th, 2009 Posted in Fables | No Comments »

A Herdsman tending his flock in a forest lost a Bull-calf from the fold. After a long and fruitless search, he made a vow that, if he could only discover ... Read more..

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