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A Man and a Lion were companions on a journey, and in the course

of conversation they began to boast about their prowess, and each

claimed to be superior to the other in strength and courage. They

were still arguing with some heat when they came to a cross-road

where there was a statue of a Man strangling a Lion. "There!"

said the Man triumphantly, "look at that! Doesn't that prove to

you that we are stronger than you?" "Not so fast, my friend,"

said the Lion: "that is only your view of the case. If we Lions

could make statues, you may be sure that in most of them you

would see the Man underneath."

There are two sides to every question.

THE TORTOISE AND THE EAGLE