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FableNº 186

The Dog with the Bell

A dog used to bite on the sly. His master hung a bell on him, to warn everyone. Now he, shaking his bell, played the great man in the public square. An old bitch said to him, "What have you to strut about? It is not for your virtue that you wear this bell, but to give away your hidden wickedness."

The boastful airs of braggarts plainly reveal their secret wickedness.
Moral

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