← The Fables of Phædrus / Literally translated into English prose with notes
Chapter 57
Fable IX. The Bull and the Calf
When a Bull was struggling with his horns in a narrow passage, and could hardly effect an entrance to the manger, a Calf began to point out in what way he might turn himself: “Hush,” said the Bull, “I knew that before you were born.”
Let him who would instruct a wiser man, consider this as said to himself.
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