“A crust eaten in peace is better than a banquet partaken in anxiety.”
Aesop book The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse.
Quotes from bookThe Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
AesopOriginal title Μῦς ἀρουραῖος καὶ μῦς ἀστικός
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne–Thompson's folk tale index. Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, 'town mouse and country mouse' has become an English idiom.
