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Fable · Story

The Dogs and the Fox

Aesop (George Fyler Townsend translation)Ancient Greek fable tradition · Townsend translationStory
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SOME DOGS, finding the skin of a lion, began to tear it in pieces with their teeth. A Fox, seeing them, said, “If this lion were alive, you would soon find out that his claws were stronger than your teeth.”
It is easy to kick a man that is down.