Excerpt from sop's Fables: Accompanied by Many Hundred Proverbs and Moral Maxims, Suited to the Subject of Each Fable A wise man judges of things by their usefulness, and not by their appearance. Vanity delights in shew; but good sense loves what is really of service; for experi ence tells us, that many a bright berry contains p0ison. He that wishes for a quarrel will soon find an occasion, or he will make one. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.