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Aschlafly: Emerson's Fable

2023-03-26T07:23:14Z

Emerson's Fable

DavidB4-bot: /* An example of one of Æsop's fables */HTTP --> HTTPS [#1], replaced: http://www.gutenberg.org → https://www.gutenberg.org

2018-09-26T15:58:39Z

An example of one of Æsop's fables: HTTP --> HTTPS [#1], replaced: http://www.gutenberg.org → https://www.gutenberg.org

DavidB4-bot: /* Notes and references */clean up & uniformity

2016-07-12T04:36:08Z

Notes and references: clean up & uniformity

DeanS: Reverted edits by ZenRfanklib (Talk) to last version by CPalmer

2009-05-31T20:44:36Z

Reverted edits by ZenRfanklib (Talk) to last version by CPalmer

ZenRfanklib at 20:33, May 31, 2009

2009-05-31T20:33:50Z

CPalmer: See also link to some examples

2009-02-13T12:09:42Z

Aziraphale: categorize

2007-08-01T16:40:13Z

categorize

Dpbsmith: Add the moral to the example

2007-04-01T20:03:47Z

Add the moral to the example

Dpbsmith at 19:58, April 1, 2007

2007-04-01T19:58:39Z

Dpbsmith: Create a section called "An example of one of Æsop's fables" to contain the present content. Maybe someday someone will write the article to precede it.

2007-04-01T15:59:44Z

Create a section called "An example of one of Æsop's fables" to contain the present content. Maybe someday someone will write the article to precede it.

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 <ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref>
 ==See also==
 *[[Conservative parables]]

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 Some men underrate their best blessings.
-<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref>
+<ref>[https://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref>
 ==See also==

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−	The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''~~fabulous~~,'' where it simply means "~~flaming gay~~."	+	The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabula,'' where it simply means "story."

	In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation. Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."		In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation. Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."

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−	The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''~~fabula~~,'' where it simply means "~~story~~."	+	The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabulous,'' where it simply means "flaming gay."

	In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation. Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."		In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''Æsop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "Æsop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation. Æsop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."

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 The word '''fable''' comes from the Latin ''fabula,'' where it simply means "story."
-In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''&AElig;sop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "&AElig;sop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation.  &AElig;sop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature.
+In the English-speaking world, the word is closely associated with ''&AElig;sop's Fables,'' a collection of stories attributed to the ancient Greek "&AElig;sop the Slave," who lived in the sixth century BC. In 1483, [[William Caxton]], one of the first printers in England, published an English translation.  &AElig;sop's fables are short stories, obviously fictitious, usually involving talking animals as characters, which make some point about morality or human nature. The point is sometimes stated explicitly in a final sentence, sometimes labelled as the "moral:" "Some men underrate their best blessings," or "There is no believing a liar, even when he speaks the truth."
 ==An example of one of &AElig;sop's fables==
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 Plane-Tree, interrupting him, said, "You ungrateful fellows! Do
 you, while receiving benefits from me and resting under my shade,
-dare to describe me as useless, and unprofitable?'<ref>[http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/etext91/aesop11h.htm Aesop's Fables], translated by George Fyler Townsend Project Gutenberg eText</ref>
+dare to describe me as useless, and unprofitable?'
 ==Notes and references==
 <references/>

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	==An example of one of Æsop's fables==		==An example of one of Æsop's fables==
	Two travellers, worn out by the heat of the summer's sun, laid		Two travellers, worn out by the heat of the summer's sun, laid