market-place. An old hound said to him: "Why do you make such an
exhibition of yourself? That bell and clog that you carry are not,
believe me, orders of merit, but, on the contrary, marks of disgrace, a
public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill-mannered dog."

Those who achieve notoriety often mistake it for fame.

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The Quack Frog.


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A Frog once made proclamation to all the beasts that he was a learned
physician, and able to heal all diseases. A Fox asked him: "How can you
pretend to prescribe for others, and you are unable to heal your own
lame gait and wrinkled skin?"

Those who pretend that they can mend others should first mend
themselves, and then they will be more readily believed.




The Ass, the Fox, and the Lion.