Waltey

Prevod

A dog used to bite people without warning. His master hung a bell on him so that everyone would know he was coming. The dog shook his bell and strutted about the marketplace. But an old she-dog said to him, “Why do you put on such airs? You wear that bell not as a reward for virtue, but to expose your hidden viciousness.” So the vain displays of boasters plainly reveal the wickedness concealed within.

Izvirnik

Λάθρᾳ κύων ἔδακνε. Τούτῳ δὲ ὁ δεσπότης κώδωνα ἐκρέμασεν, ὥστε πρόδηλον εἶναι τοῖς πᾶσιν. Οὗτος δὲ, τὸν κώδωνα σείων, ἐν τῇ ἀγορᾷ ἠλαζονεύετο. Γραῦς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῷ κύων· „τί φαντάζῃ; οὐ διʼ ἀρετὴν τοῦτον φορεῖς, ἀλλὰ διʼ ἔλεγχον τῆς κεκρυμμένης σου κακίας.“

Ὅτι οἱ τῶν ἀλαζονευομένων κενόδοξοι τρόποι πρόδηλοί εἰσι δηλοῦντες τὴν ἀφανῆ κακίαν.

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