A "Turkish Proverb"

“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”

I don't know whether it's an actual Turkish proverb or not but it's an interesting quote for these times.

@vivify said
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”

I don't know whether it's an actual Turkish proverb or not but it's an interesting quote for these times.

@spruce112358 said
How a redneck from Louisiana or Eastern North Carolina thinks he has ANYTHING in common with a monied, spoiled, small-handed, loud-mouthed, real estate conman from New York will always be a mystery.

The topic is quite old you can read something on wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodcutter_and_the_Trees

@spruce112358 said
How a redneck from Louisiana or Eastern North Carolina thinks he has ANYTHING in common with a monied, spoiled, small-handed, loud-mouthed, real estate conman from New York will always be a mystery.

@vivify said
“The forest was shrinking but the trees kept voting for the axe, for the axe was clever and convinced the trees that because his handle was made of wood he was one of them.”

I don't know whether it's an actual Turkish proverb or not but it's an interesting quote for these times.

@moonbus said
"The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism, and self-interest are the traits of success. And while men admire the quality of the first, they love the produce of the second."

John Steinbeck, Cannery Row