Meaſure of the Worth of Men as well as of Fiſhes: As the Sturgeon left it to the Fiſh-monger to Determine the Controverſy betwixt Him and the Pike.
Fab. CCLII.
A Fox and a Leopard.
AS a Leopard was Valuing himſelf upon the Luſtre of his Party-colour’d-Skin, a Fox gave him a Jog, and Whiſperd him, that the Beauty of the Mind was an Excellence, Infinitely to be Preferr'd above That of a Painted Out-ſide.
The Moral.
REFLEXION.
THERE are Degrees in Good Things. There are Bleſſings of Fortune, and Thoſe are of the Loweſt Rate. The Next above Thoſe Bleſſings are the Bodily Advantages of Strength, Gracefulneſſ and Health; but the Superlative Bleſſings, in fine, are the Bleſſings of the Mind: Fools ‘tis true may be allow'd to Brag of Fooliſh Things; but the Leopard's Beauty without the Foxes Wit is no better then a Fop in a Gay Coat.
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