Jean de La Fontaine, Fables — The Frog that wished to be as big as the Ox (1881)
“ Enough! you don't begin to be.' And thus the reptile sits, Enlarging till she splits. The world is full of folks Of just such wisdom;-- The lordly dome provokes The cit to build his dome; And, really, there is no telling How much great men set little ones a swelling. ”
