FableNº 37

The Fox and the Panther

The fox and the panther were disputing over their beauty. The panther kept boasting of the variety of her coat. The fox spoke up and said, "How much more beautiful I am than you, since I am varied not in body but in mind."

The adornments of the mind are preferable to beauty of body.

Moral

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