One sighed for Fortune night and day: "Let's quit our sojourn here, I pray," He to the other said, "You know, [Pg 413] Prophets in their own country go Unhonoured; let us seek elsewhere." "Seek!" said the other; "I'll stay here.
— from The Fables of La Fontaine Translated into English Verse by Walter Thornbury and Illustrated by Gustave Doré by Jean de La Fontaine
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