Prevod
A hungry fox saw bunches of grapes hanging from a vine climbing a tree and tried to reach them, but could not. As she went away, she said to herself, “They’re unripe.” So too, some people, unable to achieve their aims because of their own shortcomings, blame their circumstances.
Izvirnik
Ἀλώπηξ λιμώττουσα ὡς ἐθεάσατο ἐπί τινος ἀναδενδράδος βότρυας κρεμαμένους, ἠβουλήθη αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι, καὶ οὐκ ἡδύνατο· ἀπαλλαττομένη δὲ πρὸς ἑαυτὴν εἶπεν· ,,ὄμφακές εἰσιν.“
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔνιοι, τῶν πραγμάτων ἐφικέσθαι μὴ δυνάμενοι διʼ ἀσθένειαν, τοὺς καιροὺς αἰτιῶνται.