550 BC
                                 AESOP'S FABLES

                           THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH

               
                                    by Aesop






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                        THE ROSE AND THE AMARANTH
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  A Rose and an Amaranth blossomed side by side in a garden, and the
Amaranth said to her neighbor, "How I envy you your beauty and your
sweet scent! No wonder you are such a universal favorite." But the
Rose replied with a shade of sadness in her voice, "Ah, my dear
friend, I bloom but for a time: my petals soon wither and fall, and
then I die. But your flowers never fade, even if they are cut; for
they are everlasting."
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                 Greatness carries its own penalties.
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                               THE END