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People fool ourselves in this world;Chasing after shadowsSo numerous are they that often,We cannot count the number.Let us look at the dog of which Ae...

Aesop tells of a peasantCharitable, but not too wiseOne winter's day was travelingAround the land he tended.He saw a serpent stretched out in the ...

The day the tyrant married, his subjects celebrated.They feasted and drank jugs of wine,But only Aesop could divineThat they had little cause to be el...

A vain stag saw himself reflectedWhile standing in a crystal pool.His antlers like a thicket spreadBut when he looked below he ruedThe sight of his na...

An Old Man and his Ass were riding one dayAnd spied a lush meadow at the side of the way.The man let go the reins and the grizzled* one racedOut into ...

Jupiter had a farm to rent And bade Mercury have people present Themselves upon the appointed day; To make their offers and see what may. Things went ...

A stag having fled into an oxen stableAt first was warned by themTo seek better shelter elsewhere.'Brothers,' said he to them, 'do not bet...

Only usage warrants possessionI ask this of people who have this passionOf always hoarding money on top of money.What advantage has he over another ma...

The wish to fool Heaven, is madness on Earth;The hearts' tunnel in its detours holdsNothing which isn't first lit up by the Gods.Everything ma...

One day Socrates was having a house built,Each one in turn found fault with the work:One thought, no fooling, the interior to be,Unworthy for such a g...