Lay not the blame on me, O sailor, but on the winds. By nature I am as calm and safe as the land itself, but the winds fall upon me with their gusts and gales, and lash me into a fury that is not natural to me.
Aesop
Related I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES We have tears in our eyes As we wave our goodbyes, We so loved being with you, we three. ROALD DAHL Life is like farting in front of someone and then trying to convince him, you didn't fart. It's hard... ME Just look at what is spelled: Hal Jordan BrUce Wayne Victor Stone Clark KenT... ME Realizing you have something in common with another person makes you more human than you were yester... ME :) If a fangirl tells you she likes you, you better be happy. Her standards are very high. ME These (gusts) will knock you over if you're not standing with your feet apart. The winds have been d... JACKI KELLEY I can't drown my demons, they know how to swim" BRING ME THE HORIZON The Love of nature to me is as Natural as Life itself DORIAN THOMAS VON KLAUS Every 60 to 90 days a person's natural lash falls out. The extended lashes are very sturdy and do no... NANCY GRIFFITH When I have been unhappy, I have heard an opera... and it seemed the shrieking of winds; when I am h... JOHN RUSKIN Some time ago, nature changed the world as I knew it. It left no apologies, no remorse... waves and ... JULIE JAMESON The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. MARY SHELLEY The very winds whispered in soothing accents, and maternal Nature bade me weep no more. MARY WOLLSTONECRAFT SHELLEY But, I would be naive not to recognize the number of musicians who tell me they have been influenced... GEDDY LEE Our wind speedometer broke. We had 100 mile-per-hour winds for four-plus hours with gusts up to 150 ... GEORGE EICHERT (Forecasters are) talking about winds increasing to as high as 100 mph, in gusts and out over the wa... DAVE HENNEN Sleep is a death, O make me try,
By sleeping, what it is to die:
And as gently lay my head
... SIR THOMAS BROWNE Women are not in love with me but with the picture of me on the screen. I am merely the canvas on wh... RUDOLPH VALENTINO With evil omens from the harbour sails
The ill-fated ship that worthless Arnold bears;
God of ... PHILIP FRENEAU I am calm, ... My surname is not a burden for me. It might be for others, but not for me. DIEGO MARADONA I often looked upon Walt Whitman's poem "O Me O Life" as my inspiration for life. But now I realize ... JOVIAN KRYNICKI Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY I know I am planning to visit a "land" that is not entirely foreign, only foreign to me. As an adven... MARILYN BARNICKE BELLEGHEM A sailor chooses the wind that takes the ship from a safe port. Ah, yes, but once you're abroad, as ... AVI They sucked in on me more and denied me some good looks. I jammed my finger in the Saint Louis game ... ADAM MORRISON The problem with me is that nothing embarrasses me. DAVID HASSELHOFF They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which ... VIRGIL They attack the one man with their hate and their shower of weapons. But he is like some rock which ... VIRGIL One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sails an... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX I'm not saying that I think one man is better than the other. I'm not saying that either is kinder o... RICHELLE E. GOODRICH am your spaniel; and, Demetrius, The more you beat me, I will fawn on you: Use me but as your spanie... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE If I am practicing on the wire, and you pushed me, I would not move, and if you take a piece of wood... PHILIPPE PETIT We had quite a few fires start today but with the winds not being as strong as they were, local fire... ANNA PAYNE One ship drives east and the other drives west by the self same winds that
blow. It's the set of the... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX One ship drives east and other drives west by the same winds that blow. It's the set of the sail... ELLA WHEELER WILCOX There are winds of destiny that blow when we least expect them. Sometimes they gust with the fury of... NICHOLAS SPARKS Rains driven by storms fall not perpetually on the land already
sodden, neither do varying gales fo... UNKNOWN Lord take me as I am just the way I am. Set my soul ablaze, never quench the flame VENES O king! I was but a man like others, asleep upon my couch, when lo, the breezes of the All-Glorious ... BAHA'U'LLAH If it took professional wrestling for people to recognize me as a person, then all the other endeavo... BILL GOLDBERG Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am... BLAISE PASCAL He manages to wake me and calm me down. Then he climbs into bed to hold me until I fall back to slee... SUZANNE COLLINS I love what I do. People depend on me for their livelihoods. But I'm not married to the business. I ... RAY JACQUES The yoke of my transgressions is bound by his hand: they are wreathed, and come up upon my neck: he ... BIBLE O God, early in the morning I cry to you. Help me to pray and gather my thoughts to you, I cannot... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER Number me the things that are not yet come- gather me together the dross that are scattered abroad- ... COMPTON GAGE I did not climb up into the Godhead, neither can so mean a man as I am do it; but the Godhead climbe... JACOB BOEHME I decree and I declare that I am not a raw material but rather a finished product. God knows me and ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR And so upon this wise I prayed,--
Great Spirit, give to me
A heaven not so large as yours
... EMILY DICKINSON In my experience of shame, the other sees all of me and all through me, even if the occasion of sham... BERNARD WILLIAMS The winds of change are always blowing And every time I try to stay The winds of change cont... WILLIE NELSON PEACE IS THE OBJECTIVE TO WAR, BUT THE BLOOD RUNNETH STILL NATALIE URQUIETA It makes me happier, more secure, to think that I do not have to plan and manage everything for myse... ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN You will think me cruel, very selfish, but love is always selfish; the more ardent the more selfish.... J. SHERIDAN LE FANU Rehashing the past wouldn't change anything. Time to move forward. ZENA WYNN You are safe with me." "I am not at all safe, with you. But I have no desire to be elsewhere. A.S. BYATT Why does man not see things? He is himself standing in the way: he conceals things. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Rhys only winked as he gracefully escorted me right into that throne, the movement as easy and smoot... SARAH J. MAAS My beginnings in the Southwest are clear and palpable. My beginnings here made me pay attention to w... ANTOINE PREDOCK My dear cousin means the world to me. He is my only ally and I lost him. Deep in my heart I know he ... CELIA MCMAHON (THE BOOKEATER'S DAUGHTER) Mothers yielding Bibles, contemplating smearing the blood of lamb chops over her doorway. Anything t... ANTONIA PERDU The idea is to believe me... but as far as I see the world... to believe is a sin... to trust me one... DEYTH BANGER That God of the clergymen, He is for me as dead as a doornail. But am I an atheist for all that? The... VINCENT VAN GOGH No one is adequate to comprehending the misery of my lot! Fate obliges me to be constantly in moveme... MATTHEW LEWIS There is in me an anarchy and frightful disorder. Creating makes me die a thousand deaths, because i... ALBERT CAMUS I am walking forever on the path from the border to base camp. It is taking a long time, and I know ... JEFF VANDERMEER Remember, I beseech thee, that thou hast made me as the clay; and wilt thou bring me into dust again... BIBLE Nature never taught me that there exists a God of glory and of infinite majesty. I had to learn that... C.S. LEWIS You may fall down when you dance on the edge but edge is the source of all miracles and mystery. AMIT RAY As for me, I am tormented with an everlasting itch for things remote. I love to sail forbidden seas,... HERMAN MELVILLE Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into ... BIBLE I'm in the middle of the road, it seems vague of unclear way, of where I'm going but no matter what ... HLONIM They stand uncertainly underneath immense skies, and everything about them is drowned. JACK KEROUAC I heard the Denver and Rio Grande locomotives howling off in to the mountains. I wanted to pursue my... JACK KEROUAC I read my copy of On the Road and dug the scenery whizzing past. On the Road is a semi-autobiographi... CORY DOCTOROW When I am gone, remember me with smiles and laughter, as that is how I will remember you. But if you... CHRISTINE ANDERSON My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is ... FERNANDO PESSOA Love is a growing, or full constant light, And his first minute, after noon, is night. JOHN DONNE I wasn't used to sitting on the bench. I shouldn't have done it, but I did kind of start to lay back... ANTHONY EDWARDS I have no objection whatever to your representing me as a little eccentric, since you and you... PATRICK BRONTë You can love me or hate me, but either way, I do not care. Success put me where I am today and the l... STEPHANIE ADAMS But that wasn't quite right. I called it a nine because I was saving my ten. And here it was, the gr... JOHN GREEN One of the things George Bush was comfortable with in asking me to stay on as attorney general, he t... DICK THORNBURGH As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said "No Trespassing." But on the ... WOODY GUTHRIE O Christ, my life, possess me utterly. Take me and make a little Christ of me. If I am anything bu... GEORGE MACDONALD But they for whom I am the supreme goal, who do all work renouncing self for me and meditate on me w... BHAGAVAD GITA Do not stand at my grave and weep;
I am not there, I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
... MITTA XININDLU My mother refused to let me fail. So I insisted. WALKER PERCY I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes. I was... GERONIMO I’m erased. I’m gone. I’m nothing. And then the world is free to flow into me like water into ... JERRY SPINELLI I was in a terrible confusion. Sometimes I thought, but this is your life. Stop fighting it. Stop fi... JAMES BALDWIN There are people in my life who give me comfort when the going gets tough, as it invariably does. I ... ALEX TAN I trust that my colleagues are searching their hearts and reading the constitution as they decide th... MARK LENO I am obsessive always, even as a child. On one side is this strict orthodox religion, on the other i... MARINA ABRAMOVIC I am not known by all. Therefore, the ignorant one does not know Me as the unborn and eternal Brahma... BHAGAVAD GITA …penny for your thoughts?” Gabe says as he sits down beside me on the cot, and joins me in watch... AMY LUNDERMAN My soul is impatient with itself, as with a bothersome child; its restlessness keeps growing and is ... FERNANDO PESSOA All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of t... JOHN DONNE You see an absolutely brilliant film later, as an adult, and you walk out thinking about what to hav... ANN PATCHETT
More Aesop
It is not only fine feathers that make fine birds. AESOP Slow but steady wins the race. AESOP Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin. AESOP Every truth has two sides; it is as well to look at both, before we commit ourselves to either. AESOP Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the ... AESOP Injuries may be forgiven, but not forgotten. AESOP A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then kn... AESOP Our insignificance is often the cause of our safety. AESOP Fools take to themselves the respect that is given to their office. AESOP Please all, and you will please none. AESOP Little by little does the trick. AESOP Slow and steady wins the race. AESOP It is with our passions as it is with fire and water, they are good servants, but bad masters. AESOP The injuries we do and the injuries we suffer are seldom weighed on the same scales. AESOP Wealth unused might as well not exist. AESOP The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enem... AESOP We often give our enemies the means to our own destruction. AESOP In union there is strength. AESOP We would often be sorry if our wishes were granted. AESOP We should look to the mind, and not to the outward appearance. AESOP Example is the best precept. AESOP There once was a Bald Man who sat down after work on a hot summer's day. A Fly came up and kept buzz... AESOP Enemies promises were made to be broken. AESOP Obscurity brings safety. AESOP He that is discontented in one place will seldom be content in another. AESOP Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. AESOP The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others. AESOP Union gives strength. AESOP Affairs are easier of entrance than of exit; and it is but common prudence to see our way out before... AESOP A farmer who had a quarrelsome family called his sons and told them to lay a bunch of sticks before ... AESOP Don't count your chickens before they are hatched. AESOP It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. AESOP He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own. AESOP Appearances are deceptive. AESOP Outside show is a poor substitute for inner worth. AESOP Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. AESOP Men often bear little grievances with less courage than they do large misfortunes. AESOP The little reed, bending to the force of the wind, soon stood upright again when the storm had passe... AESOP The Kingdom of the Lion
THE beasts of the field and forest had a Lion as their king. He was neither... AESOP The Cock and the Jewel
A COCK, scratching for food for himself and his hens, found a precious stone... AESOP The Boy Hunting Locusts
A boy was hunting for locusts. He had caught a goodly number, when he saw a... AESOP The Bat and the Weasels
A BAT who fell upon the ground and was caught by a Weasel pleaded to be spar... AESOP The Lion and the Mouse
A LION was awakened from sleep by a Mouse running over his face. Rising up a... AESOP The Charcoal-Burner and the Fuller
A CHARCOAL-BURNER carried on his trade in his own house. One day... AESOP The Ass and the Frogs
AN ASS, carrying a load of wood, passed through a pond. As he
was crossing t... AESOP The Ass and the Charger
AN ASS congratulated a Horse on being so ungrudgingly and
carefully provide... AESOP The Ass and His Purchaser
A MAN wished to purchase an Ass, and agreed with its owner that
he should... AESOP The Apes and the Two Travelers
TWO MEN, one who always spoke the truth and the other who told
nothi... AESOP The Ass and the Horse
AN ASS besought a Horse to spare him a small portion of his feed.
Yes, said ... AESOP The Father and His Sons
A father had a family of sons who were perpetually quarreling among themselv... AESOP Androcles
A slave named Androcles once escaped from his master and fled
to the forest. As he was wa... AESOP Only cowards insult dying majesty. AESOP The Ass and His Masters
AN ASS, belonging to an herb-seller who gave him too little food
and too mu... AESOP The Ass and His Driver
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off and
bolted to t... AESOP The Two Pots
A river carried down in its stream two Pots, one made of earthenware and the other of b... AESOP The Fawn and His Mother
A young fawn once said to his Mother, You are larger than a dog, and swifter... AESOP The Ant and the Chrysalis
An Ant nimbly running about in the sunshine in search of food came
across ... AESOP The Ants and the Grasshopper
THE ANTS were spending a fine winter's day drying grain collected
in t... AESOP It is easy to be brave from a safe distance. AESOP Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. AESOP The Ass and the Old Shepherd
A SHEPHERD, watching his Ass feeding in a meadow, was alarmed all
of a... AESOP The Ass and His Shadow
A TRAVELER hired an Ass to convey him to a distant place. The
day being int... AESOP The Ant and the Dove
AN ANT went to the bank of a river to quench its thirst, and
being carried awa... AESOP The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales. AESOP Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. AESOP Better to starve free than be a fat slave AESOP The Boy and the Nettles
A boy was stung by a Nettle. He ran home and told his Mother, saying, Altho... AESOP The Wolf and the Crane
A WOLF who had a bone stuck in his throat hired a Crane, for a large sum, to ... AESOP The Ass Carrying the Image
AN ASS once carried through the streets of a city a famous wooden
Image,... AESOP No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. AESOP Vices are their own punishment AESOP Don't let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the trut... AESOP United we stand; divided we fall AESOP Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. AESOP Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. AESOP After all is said and done, more is said than done. AESOP United we stand, divided we fall. AESOP No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted. AESOP Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. AESOP Adventure is worthwhile. AESOP The level of our success is limited only by our imagination and no act of kindness, however small, i... AESOP Be content with your lot; once cannot be first in everything. AESOP We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. AESOP Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. AESOP Appearances are often deceiving. AESOP Beware that you do not lose the substance by grasping at the shadow. AESOP A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth. AESOP A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety. AESOP He that is discontented in one place will seldom be happy in another. AESOP Plodding wins the race. AESOP We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified. AESOP Men often applaud an imitation and hiss the real thing. AESOP I am sure the grapes are sour. AESOP People often grudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves. AESOP It is thrifty to prepare today for the wants of tomorrow. AESOP Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything. AESOP The gods help them that help themselves. AESOP Put your shoulder to the wheel. AESOP What a splendid head, yet no brain. AESOP The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. AESOP Persuasion is often more effectual than force. AESOP It is with our passions, as it is with fire and water, they are good servants but bad masters. AESOP In critical moments even the very powerful have need of the weakest. AESOP Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. AESOP Appearances often are deceiving. AESOP Any excuse will serve a tyrant. AESOP Do not count your chickens before they are hatched. AESOP I will have nought to do with a man who can blow hot and cold with the same breath. AESOP While I see many hoof marks going in, I see none coming out. It is easier to get into the enemy's to... AESOP Thinking to get at once all the gold the goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find -... AESOP Familiarity breed contempt. AESOP Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties. AESOP Familiarity breeds contempt. AESOP The smaller the mind the greater the conceit AESOP There can be little liking where there is no likeness AESOP We often despise what is most useful to us. AESOP Never soar aloft on an enemy's pinions. AESOP Thinking to get at once all the gold the Goose could give, he killed it and opened it only to find,-... AESOP The Wild Ass and the Lion
A wild ass and a Lion entered into an alliance so that they might capture ... AESOP The Wolf and the Lamb
WOLF, meeting with a Lamb astray from the fold, resolved not to lay violent ha... AESOP The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion
The ass and the fox, having entered into partnership together for
the... AESOP The Farmer and the Snake
One winter a Farmer found a Snake stiff and frozen with cold. He had compa... AESOP The Ass and the Grasshopper
An Ass having heard some Grasshoppers chirping, was highly enchanted; an... AESOP The Widow and the Sheep
A certain poor widow had one solitary Sheep. At shearing time, wishing to t... AESOP The Hawk, the Kite, and the Pigeons
The pigeons, terrified by the appearance of a Kite, called upon ... AESOP The Stag in the Ox-Stall
A stag, roundly chased by the hounds and blinded by fear to the danger he w... AESOP The Two Dogs
A man had two dogs: a Hound, trained to assist him in his sports, and a Housedog, taug... AESOP The Fox and the Crow
A crow having stolen a bit of meat, perched in a tree and held it in her beak. ... AESOP The Old Woman and the Wine-Jar
An old woman found an empty jar which had lately been full of prime o... AESOP The Huntsman and the Fisherman
A huntsman, returning with his dogs from the field, fell in by chance... AESOP The Fisherman and His Nets
A fisherman, engaged in his calling, made a very successful cast and capt... AESOP The Aethiop
The purchaser of a black servant was persuaded that the color of his skin arose from dir... AESOP The Wolf and the Sheep
A wolf, sorely wounded and bitten by dogs, lay sick and maimed in his lair. ... AESOP The Man Bitten by a Dog
A man who had been bitten by a Dog went about in quest of someone who might ... AESOP The Mouse, the Frog, and the Hawk
A mouse who always lived on the land, by an unlucky chance formed ... AESOP The Fir-Tree and the Bramble
A fir-tree said boastingly to the Bramble, You are useful for nothing a... AESOP The Old Man and Death
An old man was employed in cutting wood in the forest, and, in carrying the fa... AESOP The Thief and His Mother
A boy stole a lesson-book from one of his schoolfellows and took it home to... AESOP The Swallow, the Serpent, and the Court of Justice
A swallow, returning from abroad and especially f... AESOP The Heifer and the Ox
A heifer saw an Ox hard at work harnessed to a plow, and tormented him with r... AESOP The Crab and Its Mother
A crab said to her son, Why do you walk so one-sided, my child? It is far mo... AESOP The Farmer and His Sons
A father, being on the point of death, wished to be sure that his sons would... AESOP The Father and His Two Daughters
A man had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the oth... AESOP The Shepherd and the Wolf
A shepherd once found the whelp of a Wolf and brought it up, and after a w... AESOP The Ox and the Frog
An ox drinking at a pool trod on a brood of young frogs and crushed one of them ... AESOP The Kid and the Wolf
A kid standing on the roof of a house, out of harm's way, saw a Wolf passing by... AESOP The Cat and the Birds
A cat, hearing that the Birds in a certain aviary were ailing dressed himself ... AESOP The Shepherd's Boy and the Wolf
A sheperd boy, who watched a flock of sheep near a village, brought ... AESOP The Widow and Her Little Maidens
A widow who was fond of cleaning had two little maidens to wait on ... AESOP Jupiter and the Monkey
Jupiter issued a proclamation to all the beasts of the forest and promised a ... AESOP The Vine and the Goat
A vine was luxuriant in the time of vintage with leaves and grapes. A Goat, p... AESOP The Belly and the Members
The members of the Body rebelled against the Belly, and said, Why should w... AESOP The Horse and His Rider
A horse soldier took the utmost pains with his charger. As long as the war ... AESOP The Fox and the Monkey
A monkey once danced in an assembly of the Beasts, and so pleased them all by... AESOP The Charger and the Miller
A charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work in a mill ins... AESOP The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
Two game cocks were fiercely fighting for the mastery of the farmya... AESOP The Old Woman and the Physician
An old woman having lost the use of her eyes, called in a Physician ... AESOP The Wolves and the Sheep
Why should there always be this fear and slaughter between us? said the Wol... AESOP The Astronomer
An astronomer used to go out at night to observe the stars. One evening, as he wande... AESOP The Man and His Two Sweethearts
A middle aged man, whose hair had begun to turn gray, courted two wo... AESOP The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail
A fox caught in a trap escaped, but in so doing lost his tail. Therea... AESOP The Mischievous Dog
A dog used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them w... AESOP The Goatherd and the Wild Goats
A goatherd, driving his flock from their pasture at eventide, found ... AESOP The Vain Jackdaw
Jupiter determined, it is said, to create a sovereign over the birds, and made proc... AESOP The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox
A lion, fatigued by the heat of a summer's day, fell fast asleep in... AESOP The Oxen and the Butchers
The oxen once upon a time sought to destroy the Butchers, who practiced a ... AESOP The Salt Merchant and His Ass
A peddler drove his Ass to the seashore to buy salt. His road home la... AESOP The Sick Stag
A sick stag lay down in a quiet corner of its pasture-ground. His companions came in ... AESOP The Boys and the Frogs
Some boys, playing near a pond, saw a number of Frogs in the water and began ... AESOP The Frogs Asking for a King
The Frogs, grieved at having no established Ruler, sent ambassadors to J... AESOP The Ass and the Mule
A muleteer set forth on a journey, driving before him an Ass and a Mule, both w... AESOP The Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
Once upon a time a Wolf resolved to disguise his appearance in order to... AESOP The Laborer and the Snake
A snake, having made his hole close to the porch of a cottage, inflicted a... AESOP The Lion in Love
A lion demanded the daughter of a woodcutter in marriage. The Father, unwilling to... AESOP The Boy and the Filberts
A boy put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts. He grasped as many as ... AESOP The Piglet, the Sheep, and the Goat
A young pig was shut up in a fold-yard with a Goat and a Sheep. ... AESOP The Cat and the Cock
A cat caught a Cock, and pondered how he might find a reasonable excuse for eat... AESOP The Boasting Traveler
A man who had traveled in foreign lands boasted very much, on returning to his... AESOP The Lioness
A controversy prevailed among the beasts of the field as to which of the animals deserve... AESOP The Ass and the Lapdog
A man had an Ass, and a Maltese Lapdog, a very great beauty. The Ass was le... AESOP The Horse and Groom
A groom used to spend whole days in currycombing and rubbing down his Horse, but... AESOP The Sick Lion
A lion, unable from old age and infirmities to provide himself with food by force, res... AESOP The Miser
A miser sold all that he had and bought a lump of gold, which he buried in a hole in the g... AESOP The Goat and the Goatherd
A goatherd had sought to bring back a stray goat to his flock. He whistle... AESOP The Raven and the Swan
A raven saw a Swan and desired to secure for himself the same beautiful pluma... AESOP The Thirsty Pigeon
A pigeon, oppressed by excessive thirst, saw a goblet of water painted on a signb... AESOP The Oxen and the Axle-Trees
A heavy wagon was being dragged along a country lane by a team of Oxen. ... AESOP The Bear and the Two Travelers
Two men were traveling together, when a Bear suddenly met them on the... AESOP The Fox and the Goat
A fox one day fell into a deep well and could find no means of escape. A Goat,... AESOP The Dog in the Manger
A dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen fr... AESOP The Farmer and the Cranes
Some cranes made their feeding grounds on some plowlands newly sown with w... AESOP The Man and the Lion
A man and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boas... AESOP The Flies and the Honey-Pot
A number of Flies were attracted to a jar of honey which had been overtu... AESOP The Tortoise and the Eagle
A tortoise, lazily basking in the sun, complained to the sea-birds of her... AESOP The Mountain in Labor
A mountain was once greatly agitated. Loud groans and noises were heard, and ... AESOP The Swallow and the Crow
The Swallow and the Crow had a contention about their plumage. The Crow pu... AESOP The Bear and the Fox
A bear boasted very much of his philanthropy, saying that of all animals he was... AESOP The Farmer and the Stork
A farmer placed nets on his newly-sown plowlands and caught a number of Cra... AESOP The Pomegranat, Apple-Tree and Bramble
The pomegranate and Apple-Tree disputed as to which was the m... AESOP The Hare and the Tortoise
A hare one day ridiculed the short feet and slow pace of the Tortoise, who... AESOP