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The angry north wind proved its strength one stormy night on a noble oak tree. Now it stood racked, and a great many lower branches lay shattered under it. A fox, which had its hollow nearby, saw it the next morning. "What a tree!" it exclaimed. "I would have never thought it was so large!" Gotthold [...]
Seeing how useful the vine was, the peasant supported it at a height with many props. Then, once he had harvested its grapes, he raised the stakes and let it fall, building a fire with the props. Leonardo da Vinci, Fables
The rabbit said to the hare: "Hey there, you're always doing nothing and sleeping. Are you doing that in order to appear contemplative?" "And you," the hare said, "are you doing nothing by always working?" The rabbit replied, "As long as both of us, therefore, wish to appear to have little leisure, we follow our natures. It [...]
