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THE BEAR AND THE FOX

A Bear was once bragging about his generous feelings, and saying

how refined he was compared with other animals. (There is, in

fact, a tradition that a Bear will never touch a dead body.) A

Fox, who heard him talking in this strain, smiled and said, "My

friend, when you are hungry, I only wish you would confine your

attention to the dead and leave the living alone."

A hypocrite deceives no one but himself.

THE ASS AND THE OLD PEASANT