An ass carrying firewood was crossing a pond when he slipped and fell. Unable to get up again, he wailed and groaned. The frogs in the pond, hearing his groans, said, “Why, fellow, what would you do if you had to spend as much time here as we do, when you make such a fuss after only a moment in the water?” This tale might be told by someone who readily endures greater hardships to a feeble fellow who complains at the slightest exertion.
Ὄνος ξύλα βαστάζων διέβαινέ τινα λίμνην· ὀλισθήσας δὲ ὡς κατέπεσεν, ἐξαναστῆναι μὴ δυνάμενος ὠδύρετό τε καὶ ἔστενεν. Οἱ δὲ ἐν τῇ λίμνῃ βάτραχοι, ἀκούσαντες αὐτοῦ τῶν στεναγμῶν, ἔφασαν· ,,ὡ οὗτος, καὶ τί ἂν ἐποίησας, εἰ τοσοῦτον ἐνταῦθα χρόνον διέτρι βες, ὅσον ἡμεῖς, ὅτε πρὸς ὀλίγον πεσὼν οὕτως ὀδνρῃ;“
Τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ χρήσαιτο ἄν τις πρὸς ἄνδρα ῥᾴθυμον ἐπʼ ἐλαχίστοις πόνοις δυσφοροῦντα, αὐτὸς τοὺς πλείονας ῥᾳδίως ὑφιστάμενος.
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