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Aesop's fable

'The injuries we do and tose we suffer are seldom wheighed in the same scales' I know it is one of Aesop's fables, but which one? thank you much

STELLA

soft option...

....like, al dente is pasta's hard knock. So what's the Italian term for pasta what's bordering on the sloppy?

Azimov

One should only strike a child but once... and when you do, strike to kill!

Quote: 'One should only strike a child but once... and when you do, strike to kill!' Who said this? I have my own thoughts on this (and a story to go with it explaining why) but I'd prefer to wait and...

worder

menopause

sorry, i could not get my answer to follow robber 1's. all right, then, men ARE allowed to give their worth and wealth of knowledge, for the love of Jesus!

worder

vocem meam a ovime tancit

it is written on a metal bell i've got. what does it mean? thank you much.

worder

archive section

I was just thinking that maybe the archive could have a box with key word- go just as you have category search- go. That way you do not have to go through the whole 200 plus articles if you are...

kags

Menenza

My mother's first name is Menenza and despite living with it for nearly 70 years she has no idea where it originated. I Googled it and came up with only 6 hits, either surnames from a US census or...

Mossie

Mother stuck on 2 questions

My mum is 2 questions short of completing a quiz. Basically you are given a series of initals that represent a phrase eg m h w t s s equals make hay while the sun shines She is stuck on: t d e a s w s...

worder

9 lives or 7 lives?

Dear answerbankers, why is it that in Spanish we say el gato tiene 7 vidas, elgato tiene 7 vidas, but in English we say the cat has 9 lives?are English cats healthier? do they get more checkups?...