Olga Saeed

“The Mischievous Dog A DOG used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice. His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. Thinking it a mark of distinction, the Dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the marketplace. One day an old hound said to him: "Why do you make such an exhibition of yourself? That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog." Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.”
― Aesop, Aesop's Fables

“Black and white buffalo pass in and out of red barns, offering free rides to itinerant atoms.”
― Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac with Other Essays on Conservation from Round River

“Maybe a long life does have to be filled with many unpleasant conditions if it's to seem long. But in that event, who wants one?”
― Joseph Heller, Catch-22

“What we obtain too cheaply, we esteem too lightly; it's dearness only that gives everthing its value.”
― Thomas Payne