Better Bend Than Break - Silver Wax Seal Necklace Aesop fable Oak and Reed motto in English which remains firm & steady

which remains firm & steady in the stormy seas

(Fearless)

Please note that the wax seal pendant has been through a oxidization process to give it a antique

In heraldry the eagle has the special meaning of one who is who is ingenious

Better Bend Than Break - Silver Wax Seal Necklace Aesop fable Oak and Reed motto in English which remains firm & steadyWax seal necklace with broken tree, Aesop fable Oak and Reeds and motto "Better Bend Than Break". Antique wax seal jewelry in silver. The words framing this piece reads in French: Mieux Vaut Rompre Que Plier (better to bend than to break) The ancient Aesop childhood fable "the Oak and the Reeds". Adapt and survive. Better to give a little when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed. Sometimes you have to stoop to conquer.