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"Festina lente - Make haste, slowly"- Greek and Latin proverb, adopted by Augustus and commonly attributed to him.
Immediately before his execution he delivered to his persecutors the fable of The Eagle and the Beetle,[21] by which he warned them that even the weak may procure vengeance against the strong for injuries inflicted. The warning was unheeded by his murderers. The shameful sentence was carried out, and so Æsop died, according to Eusebius, in the four
... See moreThomas Newbigging • Fables and Fabulists: Ancient and Modern
Wisely and slow, they stumble that run fast
A wise old owl lived in an oak,
The more he saw the less he spoke,
The less he spoke, the more he heard,
Why aren’t we all like that old bird?
Lazy Work, Good Work
"Well begun is half done." —Greek proverb
Eric H. Roth • Compelling Conversations:: Questions and Quotations on Timeless Topics - An engaging ESL textbook for Advanced ESL students
THE TEACHING OF THE DONKEY
One day a farmer’s donkey fell into a well. The animal cried loudly for hours, while the farmer tried to find something to do to get
him out.
Finally, the farmer decided that the donkey was old and the well was already dry and needed to be covered anyway; that it really wasn't worth pulling the donkey out of the well..
He in
... See moreMercy triumphs over judgment.