Waltey

Prevod

A worm that lay hidden in the mud came out onto dry land and said to all the animals, “I am a physician skilled in medicines, just like Paeon, the physician of the gods.” “Then how is it,” said a fox, “that you cure others but have not cured your own lameness?” The fable shows that without practical proof, all talk is idle.

Izvirnik

Ὁ τῷ πηλῷ κρυπτόμενος σκώληξ, εἰς γῆν ἐξελθὼν, ἔλεγε πᾶσι τοῖς ζώοις· ,,ἰατρός εἰμι φαρμάκων ἐπιστήμων, οἷός ἐστιν ὁ τῶν θεῶν ἰατρὸς Παιών.“ Καὶ ,,πῶς“ εἶπεν ἀλώπηξ ,,ἄλλους ἰώμενος σαυτὸν χωλὸν ὄντα οὐκ ἰάσω;“

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὅτι, ἐὰν μὴ πρόχειρος ᾖ ἡ πεῖρα, πᾶς λόγος ἀργὸς ὑπάρχει.

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