A fox climbing a fence was about to slip, so she caught hold of a bramble. Its thorns scratched her paw and left her in great pain, and she reproached it: she had turned to it for help, only to find it worse than the danger she had faced. The bramble replied, “You must have lost your wits, my dear, to think of catching hold of me, when I am in the habit of catching hold of everyone.” So too, those people are foolish who seek help from others whose nature inclines them rather to do harm.
Ἀλώπηξ φραγμὸν ἀναβαίνουσα, ἐπειδὴ ὀλισθαίνειν ἔμελλε, βάτου ἐπελάβετο. Ξυσθεῖσα δὲ τὸ πέλμα καὶ δεινῶς διατεθεῖσα, ᾐτιᾶτο αὐτὴν, εἴ γε καταφυ- γοῦσα ἐπʼ αὐτὴν ὡς ἐπὶ βοηθὸν χείρονι αὐτῇ ἐχρήσατο καὶ τοῦ προκειμένου. Καὶ ἡ βάτος ὑποτυχοῦσα εἶπεν· ,,ἀλλʼ ἐσφάλης τῶν φρενῶν, ὦ αὕτη, ἐμοῦ ἐπιλαβέσθαι βουληθεῖσα, ἥτις πάντων ἐπιλαμβάνεσθαι εἴωθα.“
Οὕτω καὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων μάταιοί εἰσιν ὅσοι τούτοις ὡς βοηθοῖς προσφεύγουσιν, οἷς τὸ ἀδικεῖν μᾶλλόν ἐστιν ἔμφυτον.
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