The Hares harangued the assembly, and argued that all should be equal. The Lions made this reply: “Your words, O Hares! are good; but they lack both claws and teeth such as we have.”
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Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller, believed to have lived around 620–564 BCE, whose fables have shaped moral literature across the world for millennia. Though his very existence is debated by scholars, the fables attributed to him remain among the most concise and enduring works of wisdom literature ever written. This particular fable is notable for its stark economy — delivering a complete political argument in under thirty words.
