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The Dog in the Manger is a fable attributed to Aesop, concerning a dog who one afternoon lay down to sleep in the manger. On being awoken, he ferociously kept the cattle in the farm from eating the hay on which he chose to sleep, even though he was unable to eat it himself, leading an ox to mutter the moral of the fable:

---People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves.---

The phrase is proverbial, referring to people who spitefully prevent others from having something that they themselves have no use for.

This is the only Harry Potter book I enjoyed least. It was really big, and the action was too slow.

A manual for surviving.
That was the most fascinating adventure I've ever taken without leaving home! I should have read this book long time ago, when I was much younger. But I managed to do it only now, at the age of 18. Nevertheless, I fully enjoyed the book. It's the greatest work showing us what a person can do standing on the edge of life and death. What I did carry out of this book was that whatever happens in your life you should not be in despair, but hope for the best, for if one loses hope one loses everything...

To be honest, the book depressed the hell out of me. In some parts it's peculiar to read the thoughts of a person who's about to commit suicide. I hoped that everything would be well in the end, that the girl would change her attitudes towards life, puke all that damn pills out and carry on living, but to my great sorrow the ending wasn't a relief.

A good book but there too many scenes of battles...

They say the book is the imitation of "PS.I love you" by С.Ahern, but I in my humble opinion it's much better...