It is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. hares have no time to read.
Quotes about aesop (6 Quotes)
It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat upon the axletree of the chariot-wheel and said, what a dust do I raise.
In union there is strength. 'Union gives strength' is the version in The Fables of Aesop, ed. Joseph Jacobs, p. 87 (1964).
Aesop, that master storyteller of old, told this fable A jar of honey was upset in a housekeeper's room, and a number of flies were attracted by its sweetness. Placing their feet in it, the flies ate greedily. Their feet, however, became so smeared with honey that they could not use their wings, nor release themselves, and they were suffocated. Just as they were dying, they exclaimed 'Oh, foolish creatures that we are, for the sake of a little pleasure we have destroyed ourselves.'
In real life, it is the hare who wins. Every time. Look around you. And in any case it is my contention that Aesop was writing for the tortoise market. Hares have no time to read. They are too busy winning the game.
The fable of Aesop, the cherished and enjoyable book of our youth, was originally related as folk- lore by a Negro from Aethiopia to the Greeks, who in turn published them.