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What does this quote in Aesop's Fables mean?
"Duplex libelli dos est: quod risum movet,
Et quod prudenti vitam consilio monet."
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
"This book brings a double dowry: it raises a laugh and is a stern and prudent guide to living."
Basically, it's alerting you to the two values (the "double dowry") of fables... They "raise a laugh" because they can be read at a literal level as fun (and funny) stories, but they are also a "guide to living," meant to teach important and serious lessons (such as "slow and steady wins the race").
Hope this helped.
Source(s): The translation I gave you is from a book called Roman Epic by Anthony James Boyle: http://books.google.com/books?id=Tx0OAAAAQAAJ&pg=P...
