Waltey

Prevod

A dog chasing a she-wolf boasted of his swift feet and his own strength, imagining that the wolf was fleeing because she was too weak to face him. But the wolf turned and said to the dog, “It is not you I fear, but your master’s pursuit.” This fable shows that one should not boast of the courage of others.

Izvirnik

Κύων, καταδιώκων λύκαιναν, ἐφρυάττετο τῇ τε τῶν ποδῶν ταχυτῆτι καὶ τῇ ἰδίᾳ ἰσχύϊ, καὶ ἐδόκει φεύγειν τὸν λύκον διʼ οἰκείαν δῆθεν ἀσθένειαν. Στραφεὶς οὖν ὁ λύκος ἔφησε πρὸς τὸν κύνα· „οὐ σὲ δέδοικα, ἀλλὰ τὴν τοῦ σοῦ δεσπότου καταδρομήν.“

Ὁ μῦθος οὗτος δηλοῖ, ὅτι οὐ δεῖ τινα ἐγκαυχᾶσθαι τῇ τῶν ἑτέρων γενναιότητι.

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