The Fables of Phædrus / Literally translated into English prose with notes Papyras Classics

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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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