Waltey

Prevod

A hunter saw a dog passing by and kept tossing it pieces of bread. The dog said to the man, “Go away, fellow! Your excessive kindness only makes me all the more uneasy.” The fable shows that those who lavish gifts on others make it plain that they are trying to distort the truth.

Izvirnik

Ἀνὴρ θηρευτὴς παρερχόμενον κύνα ἰδών, διηνεκῶς αὐτῷ ψωμούς προσεπέῥριπτε. Λέγει οὖν πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα ὁ κύων· ,,ἄνθρωπε, ἄπιθι ἐξ ἐμοῦ· ἡ γὰρ πολλή σου εὔνοια μᾶλλόν με τὰ μέγιστα θροεῖ.“

Ὁ μῦθος δηλοῖ, ὡς οἱ πολλὰ δῶρά τισι παρεχόμενοι δῆλοί εἰσι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἀνατρέποντες.

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