fable

is a fictitious story about nothing that ever happened, related by nobody that ever lived carrying the moral that every one is quite innocent, only they must not do it again.

A Fable, said the merry Æsop, with a twinkle in his witty eyes, is a fictitious story about nothing that ever happened, related by nobody that ever lived. And the moral is, that every one is quite innocent, only they must not do it again!

[G]enerally a fable is a proverb put into action... - 'Proverbs,' in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, October 1860

is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

I fir. A fable is a bridge which leads to truth.

is love's native world, because, love, being herself divine, gladly dwells among fairies and talismans, and believes in gods.

Fable is love's native world, is fain to dwell among fairies and talismans, and to believe in gods, being herself divine.

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