Aesop Quotes
Obscurity brings safety.
Aesop. "The Fir-Tree and the Bramble." Aesop's Fables, translated by George Fyler Townsend, George Routledge and Sons, 1867.
John Nance Garner was a U. S. Congressman from Texas who never made speeches or campaigned in his district, rarely spoke in the House, and would not permit his remarks to be printed in the Congressional Record. Speaker Cannon once said to him:. John Nance Garner was later Vice President of the United States during Franklin Roosevelt's first two terms.
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.
