The book The Whale And the Grasshopper And Other Fables was written by author Seumas Obrien Here you can read free online of The Whale And the Grasshopper And Other Fables book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is The Whale And the Grasshopper And Other Fables a good or bad book?
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" Tis instinct rather than reason that guides most people. If we were always to act reason ably, people would think we had no sense, at all. However, there s a compensation in all things, and we can enjoy ourselves in our own old way. And while it is a great consolation to know that we can do a lot of good, it is a greater consolation still to know that we can do a lot of harm as well/ ses the pig. 114 Ham and Eggs " Like myself, you share the same sentiments as all good and pious people. The s...atisfaction of doing harm is the only enjoyment some of us receive for doing good, when our kindness is not appreciated/ ses the hen. " When I think of all those who suffer from dyspepsia after eating my friends and relations, I ses to myself: " Well, things could be worse even for such as my humble self. You mightn t have the satisfaction of knowing that there was such a thing as indigestion. 7 And when I think of what people must pay for pork chops, in a res taurant after the theatre at night, and how they must suffer from cramps, pains in the stomach, and a bursting headache next morning, well then I feel as happy as a wife when she is abusing her fool of a husband for giving her too much of her own way/ ses the pig.
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