Aesop Quotes
He that is neither one thing nor the other has no friends.
Aesop. "The Bat, the Birds, and the Beasts." The Fables of Aesop, selected, told anew and their history traced by Joseph Jacobs, Macmillan and Co., 1894, p. 62.
Germany had been Turkey’s traditional ally so this was another of his radical changes—tilting toward Britain.
Also attributed to Willis Dodds of Princeton University
Ahmed Pasha, the Bey (provincial governor) of Tunis, offered a bribe to William Eaton stating that his country would enter into friendship with America and not go to war with Tripoli against America if he received a hefty tribute from America.
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.