Replying to Avatar Mike Dilger ☑️

1884 is the date of translation I presume this is George Fyler Townsend's translation. This story is much older, from ancient Greece. There is nothing new under the sun.
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pam 1y ago

i don't know, perhaps it was a translated publication by Josephs Jacobs in 1884 but you are right, Aesop fables are from the 4th century BC. This line stuck by 'The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny'

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Mike Dilger ☑️ 1y ago

Yeah I looked at my copy and the words weren't an exact match so I missed the translator.