Aesop's Fables: Sir Roger L'Estrange (1692)
127. WASPS IN A HONEY POT (Perry 80)
There was a whole swarm of Wasps got into a Honey-Pot, and there they
cloy’d and clamm’d themselves, till there was not getting out again; which
brought them to understand in the Conclusion, that they had paid dear
for their Sweetmeats.
THE MORAL. Loose Pleasures become necessary to us by the frequent Use
of them, and when they come once to be habitual, there’s no getting clear
again.
 L'Estrange originally published his version of the fables in 1692. There is a
very nice illustrated edition in the Children's Classics series by Knopf: Sir
Roger L'Estrange. Aesop
- Fables which is available at amazon.com.
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