A camel, seeing a bull glorying in his horns, envied him and wanted a pair of her own. So she went to Zeus and begged him to grant her horns. Zeus was angry that she was not content with her great size and strength but wanted still more. Not only did he refuse to give her horns, he also took away part of her ears.
So it is that many, greedily coveting what belongs to others, unwittingly lose what is their own.
Κάμηλος, θεασαμένη ταῦρον ἐπὶ τοῖς κέρασιν ἀγαλλόμενον, φθονήσασα αὐτῷ ἠβουλήθη καὶ αὐτὴ τῶν ἴσων ἐφικέσθαι. Διὸ καὶ παραγενομένη πρὸς τὸν Δία τούτου ἐδέετο, ὅπως αὐτῇκέρατα προσνείμῃ· καὶ ὁ Ζεὺς ἀγανακτήσας κατʼ αὐτῆς, εἴγε μὴ ἀρκοῖτο τῷ μεγέθει τοῦ σώματος καὶ τῇ ἰσχύι, ἀλλὰ καὶ περισσοτέρων ἐπιθυμοῖ, οὐ μόνον αὐτῇ κέρατα οὐ προσέθηκεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ μέρος τι τῶν ὤτων ἀφείλετο.
Οὕτω πολλοὶ διὰ πλεονεξίαν τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐποφθαλμίζοντες λανθάνουσι καὶ τῶν ἰδίων στερούμενοι.
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