Ivan Andreyevich Krylov is Russia's best-known fabulist and probably the most epigrammatic of all Russian authors. Formerly a dramatist and journalist, he only discovered his true genre at the age of 40. While many of his earlier fables were loosely based on Aesop's and La Fontaine's, later fables were original work, often with a satirical bent. Wikipedia
“It is only when our consciences become tangled that the truth begins to hurt.”
An argosy of fables, "The Rain cloud", translated by translation by William R. S. Ralston, p. 414
The Fables (1883)
An argosy of fables, "The Rain cloud" p. 402
The Fables (1883)
An argosy of fables, "The Leaves and the Roots" p. 398
The Fables (1883)
