A wise and a generous Enemy will make a modest Use of a Victory; for Fortune is variable.
Source: L'Estrange 122.
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Friday, October 8, 2010
L'Estrange: Two Cocks Fighting
Two Cocks fought a Duel for the Mastery of a Dunghill. He that was worsted slunk away into a Corner, and hid himself; t’other takes his Flight up to the Top of the House, and there, with crowning and clapping of his Wings, makes Proclamation of his Victory. An Eagle made a stoop at him in the middle of his Exultation, and carry’d him away. By this Accident, the other Cock had a good riddance of his Rival; took Possession of the Providence they contended for, and had all his Mistresses to himself again.
A wise and a generous Enemy will make a modest Use of a Victory; for Fortune is variable.
Source: L'Estrange 122.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the images from Croxall's Aesop.
A wise and a generous Enemy will make a modest Use of a Victory; for Fortune is variable.
Source: L'Estrange 122.
Click here for a SLIDESHOW of all the images from Croxall's Aesop.
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