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— Voltaire"History is the recital of facts represented as true. Fable, on the other hand, is the recital of facts represented as fiction."
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That's the problem with them fables, they're putting animals together that wouldn't meet. I don't know where a scorpion is knockin' around with a frog.
— Karl Pilkington
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Pain reconciles one to existence. Infinite resignation is that shirt in the old fable. The thread is spun with tears, bleached by tears, the shirt sewn in tears, but then it also gives better protection than iron. The secret in life is that everyone must sew it for himself.
— Soren Kierkegaard
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