550 BC

AESOP'S FABLES

THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH

by Aesop

THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH -

A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the Amaranth said to her neighbor, "How I envy you your beauty and your sweet scent! No wonder you are such a universal favorite." But the Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, "Ah, my dear friend, I bloom but for a time: my petals soon wither and fall, and then I die. But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for they are everlasting." -

Greatness carries its own penalties. - -