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Aesop's Fables: The Nightingale and the Swallow

by Aesop The Goatherd and the Wild GoatsThe Traveller and FortuneThe Nightingale and the Swallow A Swallow, conversing with a Nightingale, advised her to quit the leafy coverts where she…

Aesop's Fables: The Fisherman and the Sprat

by Aesop The Fox and the GoatThe Boasting TravellerThe Fisherman and the Sprat A Fisherman cast his net into the sea, and when he drew it up again it contained nothing but a single Sprat…

Irish Proverbs

Many quips a strong man will make compiled by Ann-Marie Imbornoni A good beginning is half the work. You'll never plow a field by turning it over in your mind. Many hands make…

Aesop's Fables: Introduction

Introduction Aesop embodies an epigram not uncommon in human history; his fame is all the more deserved because he never deserved it. The firm foundations of common sense, the shrewd shots at…

Classical Mythology: A Titanic Struggle

A Titanic StruggleClassical MythologyTales Of The TitanicA Titanic StruggleClash of the Titans After gaining their own freedom, the Titans made Cronus their king and freed the Cyclopes and their…

Leviticus: 9

Leviticus Chapter 9 1 And it came to pass on the eighth day, that Moses called Aaron and his sons, and the elders of Israel; 2 And he said unto Aaron, Take thee a young calf for a…

Proverbs: 27

Proverbs Chapter 27 1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. 2 Let another man praise thee, and not thine own mouth; a stranger, and not…

Aesop's Fables: The Two Pots

by Aesop The Goat and the VineThe Old HoundThe Two Pots Two Pots, one of earthenware and the other of brass, were carried away down a river in flood. The Brazen Pot urged his companion…

Aesop's Fables: The Farmer and His Dogs

by Aesop The Gnat and the LionThe Eagle and the FoxThe Farmer and His Dogs A Farmer was snowed up in his farmstead by a severe storm, and was unable to go out and procure provisions for…

The Devil's Dictionary: Hope

by Ambrose Bierce HONORABLEHOSPITALITYHOPE -n. Desire and expectation rolled into one. Delicious Hope! when naught to man it left — Of fortune destitute, of friends bereft; When…