Blog entries by Nikokaro
Men, whether they are lovers or beloved, are nonetheless undressed by women; we learn this from the very examples.
A not inexperienced woman, capable of hiding her years with refined artifices, kept tied to herself a middle-aged man, but his heart had won him a beautiful girl. Both women...
The humble lose out when the powerful fight.
A frog, catching a glimpse of the bullfights from the swamp, said, "Alas, what a ruin is about to come upon us!" Another asked her why she was saying this, since the bulls were fighting for the sovereignty of the herd and were living far from them...
Mostly foolish people, while trying to elicit a giggle, severely offend others and get themselves into bad danger.
A donkey, coming across a boar, said to him, "Hello, brother." That one,
all indignant, rejected the courtesy and asked him why he wanted to lie like that. And the donkey...
However high one may be, he must fear those below, for the
vengeance is at hand of the wits always ready to learn.
The eagle once seized the fox's young and placed them in the nest in front of the eaglets, so that they could feed on them.
The poor mother had chased her and began to beg her...
He who gives bad advice to the prudent, wastes effort and is mocked to his shame.
It is said that the dogs drink in the Nile River while continuing to run in order not to being dragged down by crocodiles. So, when a dog started to drink while continuing to run, a crocodile said to him, "drink...
Whoever has no chance and wants to imitate the powerful, ends up badly.
The frog once saw the ox in the pasture and envious of its size,
swelled its wrinkled skin: then it asked its children if it was bigger than the ox. They answered no. She stretched out the skin again with greater effort...
A foolish project not only does not achieve a result, but it also drags the man to ruin.
Some dogs saw an animal skin kept soaking at the bottom of a river. In order to pull it out and eat it more easily, they drank the water to dry it up: but they burst before they touched what they wanted.
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No one willingly returns to the place that has harmed him.
When the months had expired, at the moment of childbirth, a woman lay on the ground and was moaning in pity. Her husband urged her to return to her bed to better lay the the fruit of her pregnancy. But she said, "I have no confidence...
When the government changes, very often for the poor nothing changes but the way of being of the master. That this is true is indicated by this little tale.
A fearful old man was grazing his little donkey in a meadow. Frightened
by the sudden shouting of his enemies, he urged the donkey to run...
Those who delight in false praise usually discount it and regret it, full of
shame.
The crow had stolen a piece of cheese from a window; perched on the top of a tree, he was ready to eat it, when the fox saw him and started and spoke to him thus: "What a brightness have your feathers, crow...
To care nothing for oneself and to give advice to others is foolish: we will prove it with a few verses.
The sparrow rebuked the hare, which had been seized by the eagle, and cried with "Where is your famous speed? What have you done with your
feet?" As he was speaking, the hawk seized him by...
He who demands payment for a service from the wicked errs twice:
First, because he helps those who do not deserve it, and then because he can no longer get away with it
without harm.
The wolf, while swallowing, had stuck a bone in his throat; not being able to stand the pain, he began to lure...
He loses his own, and deserves it, who tries to take another's.
A dog, swimming across a river carrying a piece of meat, saw his own image in the mirror of the water, and believing that it was another dog carrying another prey, he wanted to take it away from him; but his greediness was...
In order that no one may feel like making himself beautiful with the goods of others, but rather be
content to live in their own shoes, Aesop left us this example.
A crab, puffed up with vainglory, picked up the feathers that had fallen off a peacock and adorned himself with them. Then...
Phaedrus - Wolf and lamb
The wolf and the lamb, driven by thirst, had come to the same stream; the wolf and much lower the lamb. And behold the robber, stimulated by his cursed throat, drew out a pretext for a quarrel. "Why," he said, "have you
clouded my water just as I was drinking?" And the...
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@AncientBoi, atleast with my pills i'm only unconscious during sleep like 2.5/4 of the time+1 -
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Sorry man