Better Bend Than Break - Silver Wax Seal Necklace Aesop fable Oak and Reed motto in English But the greatest of these

But the greatest of these is love

standing on a shell drawn by a team of dolphins

This listing is for one necklace with two hearts joined

and then being born again in a higher realm

The Phoenix represents resurrection

Better Bend Than Break - Silver Wax Seal Necklace Aesop fable Oak and Reed motto in English But the greatest of theseWax 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.