“Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back.”
— Joseph Addison, Tatler, No. 224
“And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love, line 1,372

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“Thus the fable tells us, that the wren mounted as high as the eagle, by getting upon his back.”
— Joseph Addison, Tatler, No. 224
“And then the wren gan scippen and to daunce.”
— Geoffrey Chaucer, Court of Love, line 1,372

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.