Aesop Quotes
Every man should be content to mind his own business.
Aesop. Aesop's Fables. Translated by George Fyler Townsend, George Routledge and Sons, 1867.
He refused to answer questions about an alleged affair he was carrying on, and his estrangement from his partner. (He was not married to the “First Lady”. France is much more sophisticated about the sex lives of politicians than is the United States. In addition, French politicians get much more of a zone of privacy from the press—much like that of the United States in the middle of the 20th century.
Aesop (c. 620–564 BCE) was a Greek fabulist and storyteller credited with a number of fables now collectively known as Aesop's Fables. Although his existence remains unclear and no writings by him survive, numerous tales credited to him were gathered across the centuries and in many languages in a storytelling tradition that continues to this day. Many of the tales are characterized by animals and inanimate objects that speak, solve problems, and generally have human characteristics.
