A gnat settled on a bull’s horn and sat there for a long time. When he was about to leave, he asked the bull whether he now wished him to go. The bull replied, “Why, I did not notice when you came, nor shall I notice if you leave.” This fable might be applied to a powerless man who, whether present or absent, does neither harm nor good.
Κώνωψ ἐπιστὰς κέρατι ταύρου, καὶ πολὺν χρόνον ἐπικαθίσας, ἐπειδὴ ἀπαλλάττεσθαι ἔμελλεν, ἐπυνθάνετο τοῦ ταύρου, εἰ ἤδη βούλεται αὐτὸν ἀπελθεῖν. Ὁ δὲ ὑποτυχὼν ἔφη· „ἀλλʼ οὔτε ὅτε ἦλθες, ἔγνων, οὔτε ἐὰν ἀπέλθῃς, γνώσομαι.“
Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις πρὸς ἄνδρα ἀδύ- νατον, ὃς οὔτε παρὼν οὔτε ἀπὼν ἐπιβλαβὴς ἢ ὠφέλι- μός ἐστι.
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