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Aesop's Fables: Mercury and the Man Bitten by an Ant
by Aesop The Ploughman and the WolfThe Wily LionMercury and the Man Bitten by an Ant A Man once saw a ship go down with all its crew, and commented severely on the injustice of the gods. "…Percy Bysshe Shelley: Fragment: To the Mind of Man
by Percy Bysshe Shelley Fragment: Pater OmnipotensNote on Poems of 1820, by Mrs. ShelleyFragment: To the Mind of Man Edited, published and here placed as the preceding. Thou living light…Poems by Emily Dickinson: It was too late for man
XXXI Along the Potomac XXXII It was too late for man, But early yet for God; Creation impotent to help, But prayer remained our side. How excellent the heaven, When earth cannot be had;…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: A Ship and a Man
The Massacre Congress and the People A Ship and a Man SEEING a ship sailing by upon the sea of politics, an Ambitious Person started in hot pursuit along the strand; but the people's…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Bird
The Life Saver From the Minutes The Man and the Bird A MAN with a Shotgun said to a Bird: "It is all nonsense, you know, about shooting being a cruel sport. I put my skill against…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Lightning
A Call to Quit The Lassoed Bear The Man and the Lightning A MAN Running for Office was overtaken by Lightning. "You see," said the Lightning, as it crept past him inch by inch, "I…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man with No Enemies
The Lion and the Rattlesnake The Alderman and the Raccoon The Man with No Enemies AN Inoffensive Person walking in a public place was assaulted by a Stranger with a Club, and severely…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man of Principle
A Matter of Method The Returned Californian The Man of Principle DURING a shower of rain the Keeper of a Zoological garden observed a Man of Principle crouching beneath the belly of…Fantastic Fables by Ambrose Bierce: The Man and the Wart
The Politicians and the Plunder The Divided Delegation The Man and the Wart A PERSON with a Wart on His Nose met a Person Similarly Afflicted, and said: "Let me propose your name…Brewer's: No Man is a Hero to his own Valet
Montaigne (1533-1592) said: “Peu d'hommes ont esté admirés par leurs domestiques.” Mad. Cornuel (who died 1694) wrote to the same effect: “Il n'y a pas de grand homme pour son valet de…Trending
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