The Fox

Fox to Bear
"Oh! that you would eat the dead and not the living." ~ The Bear and the Fox

Fox to Goat
"If," said he, "you will place your forefeet upon the wall and bend your head, I will run up your back and escape, and will help you out afterwards." ~ The Fox and the Goat

Fox to Goat
"You foolish old fellow! If you had as many brains in your head as you have hairs in your beard, you would never have gone down before you had inspected the way up, nor have exposed yourself to dangers from which you had no means of escape." ~ The Fox and the Goat

Lion to Fox
"I am very middling," replied the Lion , "but why do you stand without? Pray enter within to talk with me." ~ The Sick Lion

Fox to Lion
"No, thank you," said the Fox . "I notice that there are many prints of feet entering your cave, but I see no trace of any returning." ~ The Sick Lion

Fox to Lion
"A fine Lion you are, to be frightened of a Mouse." ~ The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox

Lion to Fox
"'Tis not the Mouse I fear," said the Lion; "I resent his familiarity and ill-breeding." ~ The Lion, the Mouse, and the Fox

Fox to Fox
"They would not only look much better without them, but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush, which was a very great inconvenience." ~ The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail

Fox to Fox
"If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would not thus counsel us." ~ The Fox Who Had Lost His Tail

Fox to Monkey
"O Monkey, and are you, with such a mind as yours, going to be King over the Beasts?" ~ The Fox and the Monkey

Fox to Crow
"How handsome is the Crow," he exclaimed, in the beauty of her shape and in the fairness of her complexion! Oh, if her voice were only equal to her beauty, she would deservedly be considered the Queen of Birds!" ~ The Fox and the Crow

Fox to Crow
"My good Crow, your voice is right enough, but your wit is wanting." ~ The Fox and the Crow

Boar to Fox
"I do it advisedly; for it would never do to have to sharpen my weapons just at the time I ought to be using them." ~ The Wild Boar and the Fox

Fox to Fox
"Ah, you will have to remain there, my friend, until you become such as you were when you crept in, and then you will easily get out." ~ The Swollen Fox

Woodcutter to Fox
"You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks." ~ The Fox and the Woodcutter

Fox to Woodcutter
"Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech." ~ The Fox and the Woodcutter

Fox to Leopard
"And how much more beautiful than you am I, who am decorated, not in body, but in mind." ~ The Fox and the Leopard

Lion to Fox
"Who has taught you, my very excellent fellow, the art of division? You are perfect to a fraction." ~ The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass

Fox to Lion
"I learned it from the Ass, by witnessing his fate." ~ The Lion, the Fox, and the Ass

Hare to Fox
"We would willingly have helped you, if we had not known who you were, and with whom you were fighting." ~ The Hares and the Foxes

Lion to Fox
"You counsel me in vain; for if he sends so fearful a messenger, how shall I abide the attack of the man himself?" ~ The Bowman and Lion

Fox to Hedgehog
"By no means," replied the Fox; "pray do not molest them." ~ The Fox and the Hedgehog

Hedgehog to Fox
"How is this?" said the Hedgehog; "do you not want to be rid of them?" ~ The Fox and the Hedgehog

Fox to Hedgehog
"No," returned the Fox; "for these flies which you see are full of blood, and sting me but little, and if you rid me of these which are already satiated, others more hungry will come in their place, and will drink up all the blood I have left." ~ The Fox and the Hedgehog

Monkey to Fox
"All these monuments which you see, are erected in honor of my ancestors, who were in their day freedmen and citizens of great renown." ~ The Fox and the Monkey

Fox to Monkey
"You have chosen a most appropriate subject for your falsehoods, as I am sure none of your ancestors will be able to contradict you." ~ The Fox and the Monkey

Fox
"The Grapes are sour, and not ripe as I thought." ~ The Fox and the Grapes

Cock to Fox
"Sir , I wish you would do me the favor of going around to the hollow trunk below me, and waking my porter, so that he may open the door and let you in." ~ The Dog, the Cock, and the Fox

Fox
"What a beautiful head! Yet it is of no value, as it entirely lacks brains." ~ The Fox and the Mask

Fox to Dog
"If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth." ~ The Dogs and the Fox

Fox to Frog
"How can you pretend to prescribe for others, when you are unable to heal your own lame gait and wrinkled skin?" ~ The Quack Frog

Fox to Lion
"And who of all those who have come to you have benefited you so much as I , who have traveled from place to place in every direction, and have sought and learnt from the physicians the means of healing you ?" ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

Fox to Lion
" You must flay a wolf alive and wrap his skin yet warm around you ." ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

Fox to Wolf
" You should have moved your master not to ill, but to good, will." ~ The Lion, the Wolf, and the Fox

Lion to Fox
"It is not thou who revilest me; but this mischance which has befallen me." ~ The Fox and the Lion

Fox to Ass
"I might possibly have been frightened myself, if I had not heard your bray." ~ The Ass in the Lion's Skin

Fox to Jackdaw
"You are indeed, sir, sadly deceiving yourself; you are indulging a hope strong enough to cheat you, but which will never reward you with enjoyment." ~ The Jackdaw and the Fox

Bramble to Fox
"But you really must have been out of your senses to fasten yourself on me, who am myself always accustomed to fasten upon others." ~ The Fox and the Bramble

Fox to Eagle
"Do not cultivate the favor of this man, but of your former owner, lest he should again hunt for you and deprive you a second time of your wings." ~ The Eagle and His Captor