Fables of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists/Fable CLIII
Fab. CLIII.
A Sow and a Bitch.
A Sow and a Bitch had a Dispute once, which was the Fruitfuller of the Two. The Sow Yielded it at last to the Bitch; but you are to take Notice at the Same time says she, that your Puppies are All Blind.
The Moral.
The Question among all sorts of Competitors is not Who does Most, but who does Best.
REFLEXION.
We are not to put an Estimate upon Things by the Quantity, or the Number of them, but by their Quality and Virtue: Taking for Granted, that Æsops Bitch was Fruitfuller then our Sows. See the Moral of A Lyoness and a Fox. Fab. 283.