Most Popular Books by Giambattista Basile

It is an old saying, that he who seeks what he should not, finds what he would not. Every onehas heard of the ape who, in trying to pull on his boots, was caught by the foot. And it happenedin like manner to a wretched slave, who, although she never had shoes to her feet, wanted towear a crown on her head. But the straight road is the best; and, sooner or later, a day comeswhich settles all accounts. At last, having by evil means usurped what belonged to another, shefell to the ground; and the higher she had mounted, the greater was her fall-as you shall see...