
The Fox who had Lost his Tail.A Fox, caught in a trap, escaped with the loss of his "brush."Henceforth, feeling his life a burden from the shame and ridicule towhich he was exposed, he schemed to bring all the other Foxes into alike condition with himself. He publicly advised them to cut off theirtails, saying "that they would not only look much better without them,but that they would get rid of the weight of the brush." One of themsaid: "If you had not yourself lost your tail, my friend, you would notthus counsel us." Advice prompted by selfishness should not be heeded. From Aesop's Fables |
I don't believe I'll ever get credit for anything I do in foreign affairs, no matter how successful it is, because I didn't go to Harvard.
By Lyndon B. Johnson