The Oaks And Jupiter
Aesop Fable: The Oaks And Jupiter
The oaks presented a complaint to Jupiter, saying, "We
bear for no purpose the burden of life, as of all the trees
that grow we are the most continually in peril of the axe."
Jupiter made answer: "You have only to thank yourselves
for the misfortunes to which you are exposed: for if you
did not make such excellent pillars and posts, and prove
yourselves so serviceable to the carpenters and the farmers,
the axe would not so frequently be laid to your roots."
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