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  <title><![CDATA[Aesop's Fables (Barnes &amp; Noble Classics Series)]]></title>
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  <read_at>Mon Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[3 1/2 - The fables varied in quality, and all pretty much blended together after a while. This one stood out:<br/><br/><strong>Demandes and His Fable</strong><br/>Demades the orator was once speaking in the Assembly at Athens; but the people were very inattentive to what he was saying, so he stopped and said, &quot;...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49500698">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aesop is the creator of such saws as &quot;look before you leap,&quot; &quot;necessity is the mother of invention&quot; and &quot;honesty is the best policy.&quot; I throughly enjoyed reading these fables, many of which were familiar already since they are so widely repeated. My favorite fables incl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/77310548">more...</a>]]></body>
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  <read_at>Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Thu Jul 02 08:33:23 -0700 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[Aesop’s Fables is a neat collection of practical lessons and proverbs, which are the origin of many classic sayings, such as “the boy who cried wolf”, “slow and steady wins the race”, “the wolf in sheep’s clothing”, “don’t count your chickens before they hatch”, and many others...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/61889500">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="135988">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[Anyone in need of concise wisdom--in other words, everyone.]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Mar 01 18:51:40 -0800 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Mar 02 07:19:52 -0800 2007</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[It’s hard to say much about a collection such as this, when each fable can range from three sentences to no more than a page. It’s not written with character development in mind, or wordplay, or plot, or what-have-you. These compact little vignettes from Aesop are read for their pearls of wisdom...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/135988">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="29256207">
    <user id="750618">
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[All mankind]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Aug 07 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Aug 04 17:09:11 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Aug 22 17:13:26 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[More than anything it is enjoyable to read these little lessons of which we have heard the &quot;morals of the story&quot; all our lives. Some of them I read and think &quot;Ah! So that is where the saying was born!&quot; Some of them make you chuckle, some of them cause you to stop and think. Some ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/29256207">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="71950801">
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  <date_added>Sun Sep 20 20:51:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[Simple lessons told are turned into simple lessons learned and reasoned.]]></body>
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    <review id="72390754">
    <user id="1781039">
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  <read_at>Fri Sep 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Nice collection of short stories!]]></body>
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    <review id="35726730">
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  <read_at>Sun Oct 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I remember having an illustrated book as a child, of course, that book only held about a dozen stories.  I agree with others, this book does have some repetition to it but they are well written and some even humourous.  As I read I was able to recognize the stories from my childhood and could even e...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/35726730">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="11486342">
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  <read_at>Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[It's always interesting to read where phrases like &quot;cry wolf&quot; come from; this collection of fables was fun and easy to read. Though this edition may not have had as many fables as other editions, many stories were repetitive, but if passed down through generations via oral story-telling re...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11486342">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <review id="21362823">
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    <name><![CDATA[J.B.]]></name>
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  <recommended_by><![CDATA[Katie Bowen]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 30 18:50:20 -0700 2008</date_added>
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    <body><![CDATA[I had no idea how many modern day &quot;pearls of wisdom&quot; actually stemmed from Aesop's Fables.  Terrific lessons on morality, though sometimes contradictory.  Great reference for speakers or presenters looking to add a little insight as well as entertainment value to their addresses.]]></body>
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    <review id="65881346">
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    <name><![CDATA[Christina]]></name>
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  <read_at>Sat Nov 21 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Aug 02 11:31:16 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 21 11:09:16 -0800 2009</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[lame. most of the fables have the same themes. the only good part is, when you get to a story that you've already heard before (i.e. the mouse and the lion story) because it takes you back to preschool, etc. but overall, it's just something that you read if/when you're bored.]]></body>
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    <review id="18066519">
    <user id="1001873">
    <name><![CDATA[Megan]]></name>
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    <body><![CDATA[Great subway reading, especially when you stumble across one you haven't read before that has a particularly cryptic motto, and you sit there in your un-caffeinated haze trying to figure out what it means before your next stop. ]]></body>
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    <review id="26884744">
    <user id="772618">
    <name><![CDATA[Nikki]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[My daughter Heather.  =)]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sat Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[These fables were fun to read, and the introduction was both interesting and informative.  From what I understand, this is not the most exhaustive edition out there, but it includes more than enough to satisfy me.<br/> ]]></body>
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    <review id="13687254">
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  <read_at>Sat Feb 16 15:48:58 -0800 2008</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[fables are cool and everything but you can only read so many before you realize its the same 5 lessons told over and over again using different animals.]]></body>
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    <review id="11477572">
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  <read_at>Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book made me understand where we get many of our everyday idioms.  It's good for story telling and witty entertainment at get-togethers.]]></body>
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    <review id="31642515">
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    <name><![CDATA[josh]]></name>
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  <recommended_for><![CDATA[those looking for a lesson in morality...]]></recommended_for>
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  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
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  <date_updated>Sun Aug 31 03:36:48 -0700 2008</date_updated>
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    <body><![CDATA[a simple lesson in morality...  were it required reading world wide, perhaps we would be in a better state of affairs? ]]></body>
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    <review id="14017220">
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  <read_at>Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[Because sometimes we all need to remember that there is a morale to every story and we also need to recall childhood.]]></body>
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