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FableNº 144

The Camel That Dunged in a River

A camel was crossing a swift-flowing river. After defecating, it saw its droppings at once carried ahead of it by the speed of the current. "What is this?" it cried; "what was behind me I now see passing in front of me."

A state declines when fools and the unworthy displace capable leaders.
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