Flies try to drink water from elephant's ears. He kills them

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Flies try to drink water from elephant's ears. He kills them.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Humility. · Presumption of the lowly. · view the constellation · filed as J971

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BuddhistThe Jataka, or Stories of the Buddha's Former Births, Book III

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general *Chauvin II 89 n. 1.

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Filed under Presumption of the lowly.

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Lowly masks as great Lowly animal tries to move among his superiors. Detected Self-deception of the lowly Foolish boast of ancestry by lowly Lowly tries in vain to be greater than he is Ambitious branch chosen king of trees. Vine and fig tree have refused Presumptuous man before the works of Michelangelo says: "I too am a master"Mole pretends that he sees, smells, and hears. His mother tells him to claim no more senses than he has One cock takes glory of another's valor. Victor in cock fight crows over his victory. He is taken off by eagle. A second cock then comes out from hiding and struts about among the hens Ass in the potter's shop. (Bull in china shop.) Only breaks the pots Kid perched on house jeers at wolf. (Cf. J978.)Hare demands equal rights for all animals. Reprimanded for presumption Day after Feast Day disputes importance with Feast Day. Former reprimanded After one day of schooling children are ordered by their father to cease associating with the unlearned Boaster of victory over a weaker person reprimanded Presumptuous smith chants the Divine Comedy. Dante throws his tools in the street. Blacksmith: "You ruin my work!" Dante: "You ruin mine!"

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