A mule that had grown fat on barley began to prance about, saying to herself, "My father is a horse swift in the race, and I take after him in every way." But one day the occasion came when the mule found herself forced to run. When the race was over, she grew glum and suddenly remembered that her father was an ass.
Even if circumstances bring a man into the limelight, he should not forget his origin; for this life is nothing but uncertainty.
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