The Dog in the Manger
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| Translated by George Fyler Townsend (1887) |
A Dog lay in a manger, and by his growling and snapping prevented the oxen from eating the hay which had been placed for them. "What a selfish Dog!" said one of them to his companions; "he cannot eat or sleep in the hay himself, and yet refuses to allow those to eat who can."
- People often begrudge others what they cannot enjoy themselves
