attr. Æsop, Three Hundred Aesop's Fables — The Man and the Lion (1887)
“ How strong we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts." The Lion replied: "That statue was made by one of you men. If we Lions knew how to erect statues, you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion." ”
attr. Æsop, Three Hundred Aesop's Fables — The Man and the Lion (1887)
“ A Man and a lion travelled together through the forest. They soon began to boast of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they were disputing, they passed a statue, carved in stone, which represented "a Lion strangled by a Man." ”
