A dove, tormented by thirst, saw a bowl of water painted in a picture and took it for a real one. So she swooped toward it with a great rush of wings, unwittingly striking the picture with a violent crash. Her wings were broken, and she fell to the ground, where a passerby caught her.
So too, some people, driven by intense desires, act without thinking and bring about their own ruin.
Περιστερὰ δίψει συνεχομένη, ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἔν τινι πίνακι κρατῆρα ὕδατος γεγραμμένον, ὑπέλαβεν ἀληθινὸν εἶναι· διόπερ πολλῷ τῷ ῥοίζῳ ἐνεχθεῖσα ἔλαθεν ἑαυτὴν τῷ πίνακι ἐμπεσοῦσα καὶ ἐντινάξασα. Συνέβη οὖν αὐτῇ, τῶν πτερῶν περικλασθέντων, ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν καταπεσοῦσαν ὑπό τινος τῶν παρατυχόντων καταληφθῆναι.
Οὕτως ἔνιοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων, διὰ σφοδρὰς ἐπιθυμίας ἀπερισκέπτως τοῖς πράγμασιν ἐπιχειροῦντες, ἑαυτοὺς εἰς ὄλεθρον βάλλουσι.
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