Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ What Good is in Evil. 'Tis Natural to us to be Weary of what we have, and still to be Hankering after something or other that we have Not: And so our Levity Pushes us on from One Vain Desire to Another, in a Regular Vicissitude, and Succession of Cravings and Satiety. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ When rather then bear the Importunity of a Flea-biting, we are apt to run our selves Hand over Head into a Bed of Scorpions; which is such another kind of an Expedient, as if a Body should Beat out his Brains to Cure the Head-Ach. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ The Truth of it is, we Govern our Lives by Fancy, rather then by Judgment. We Mistake the Reasons of Things, and Impute the Issue of them to Wrong Causes. So that the Lesson given us here, is Preceptive to us, not to do any thing but upon due Consideration. ”
