It is easy to propose impossible remedies.” The.
Tut, man, don’t sprawl there. Get up and put your shoulder to the wheel.
Don’t take it so much to heart, my friend; put a brick into the hole, and take a look at it every day: you won’t be any worse off than before, for even when you had your gold it was of no earthly use to you.
It is like this in a city-state; the demagogues thrive by throwing the state into discord.
It is in vain to expect our prayers to be heard.
The Lion was so much in love that he had his claws trimmed and his big teeth taken out for her.
The Crow lifted up her head and began to caw her best, but the moment she opened her mouth the piece of cheese fell to the ground, only to be snapped up by Master Fox. “That will do,” said he. “That was all I wanted. In exchange for your cheese I will give you a piece of advice for the future .“Do not trust flatterers.
In the good days remember also death.
The Lion and the Fox.
I have brought it all on myself! Why could I not have been contented to labor with my companions, and not wish to be idle all the day like that useless little Lapdog!
They had then got to a bridge over the river, where.
Every person, according to an ancient legend, is born into the world with two bags suspended from their neck: all bags in front full of their neighbors’ faults, and a large bag behind filled with his own faults. Hence it is that people are quick to see the faults of others, and yet are often blind to their own failings.
Some remedies are worse than the disease itself.
Hati-hati jangan sampai kehilangan milikmu yang berharga gara-gara ingin menangkap bayangan.
Not all creatures can become as great as they think.
Nilai cela sering dianggap sebagai kemasyhuran.
It takes great skill to do the right thing at the right time.
Having tasted the honeycomb, he threw down his axe, and looking on the tree as sacred, took great care of it.
These are weighty topics, and the brief fables that address them do not claim to solve the problems that they embody, but then neither do they simply brush such problems aside, pretending that they do not exist.
We may often be of more consequence in our own eyes than in the eyes of our neighbours.