Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ People that live, by Example, should do well to look very Narrowly into the Force and Authority of the President, without Saying, or Doing Things at a Venture: for that may Become One Man, which would be Absolutely Intolerable in Another, under Differing Circumstances. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ The Fawnings of an Asse are as Unnatural as the Brayings would be of a Dog, and a man would as soon Chuse him for his Bed fellow as for his Play fellow. He that follows Nature is never out of his Way; and that which is Belt for every Man, is Fittest for him too. ”
Roger L'Estrange, Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists… (1692)
“ There are some men that seem to have Brutal Minds wrapt up in Humane Shapes, Their very Caresses are Rude and Importune, and with Æsops Asse here, their very Complements deserve a Correction, rather than an Encouragement, or a Reward. ”
