“When partners can’t agreeTheir dealings come to naughtAnd trouble is their labor’s only fruit.Once Crawfish, Swan and PikeSet out to pull a loaded cart,And all together settled in the traces;They pulled with all their might, but still the cart refused to budge!The load it seemed was not too much for them:Yet Crawfish scrambled backwards,Swan strained up skywards, Pike pulled toward the sea.Who’s guilty here and who is right is not for us to say –But anyway the cart’s still there today.””
Quotes by Ivan Krylov
“It is only when our consciences become tangled that the truth begins to hurt.””
“We are the Roots of the tree on which you flourish. Go on rejoicing in your beauty! But remember there is this difference between us that with every autumn the old Leaves die, and with every spring new Leaves are born; but if the Roots once perish neither you nor the tree can live at all.””
Ivan KrylovIvan Krylov was a prominent Russian fabulist and poet, renowned for his fables that often featured animals as characters to convey moral lessons. Born into a noble family, Krylov faced financial diffi...