Vain Glory

Valour.

The lion is never afraid, but rather fights with a bold spirit and savage onslaught against a multitude of hunters, always seeking to injure the first that injures him.

Fear or Cowardice.

The hare is always frightened; and the leaves that fall from the trees in autumn always keep him in terror and generally put him to flight.

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Magnanimity.

The falcon never preys but on large birds; and it will let itself die rather than feed on little ones, or eat stinking meat.

As regards this vice, we read that the peacock is more guilty of it than any other animal. For it is always contemplating the beauty of its tail, which it spreads in the form of a wheel, and by its cries attracts to itself the gaze of the creatures that surround it.

And this is the last vice to be conquered.

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