Waltey

Prevod

A fox and a leopard were arguing over which was more beautiful. As the leopard kept boasting of the varied markings on her coat, the fox replied, “How much more beautiful I am than you, for my adornment is not in my body but in my mind!” The fable shows that beauty of mind is better than beauty of body.

Izvirnik

Ἀλώπηξ καὶ πάρδαλις περὶ κάλλους ἤριζον. Τῆς δὲ παρδάλεως παρʼ ἕκαστα τὴν τοῦ σώματος ποικιλίαν προβαλλομένης, ἡ ἀλώπηξ ὑποτυχοῦσα ἔφη· ,,καὶ πόσον ἐγώ σου καλλίων ὑπάρχω, ἥτις οὐ τὸ σῶμα, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν πεποίκιλμαι;“

Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι τοῦ σωματικοῦ κάλλους ἀμείνων ἐστὶν ὁ τῆς διανοίας κόσμος.

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