2.57. THE SPARROW AND THE HARE. A Hare, being seized by an Eagle, squeaked out in a most woeful manner. A Sparrow that sat upon a tree just by and saw it, could not forbear being unseasonably witty, but called out, and said to the Hare: "So ho! what! sit there and be killed? Pr'ythee, up and away; I dare say, if you would but try, so swift a creature as you are would easily escape from the Eagle." As he was going on with his cruel raillery, down came a Hawk, and snapt him up; and, notwithstanding his vain cries and lamentations, fell a devouring of him in an instant. The Hare, who was just expiring, yet received comfort from this accident, even in the agonies of death; and, addressing her last words to the Sparrow, said: "You, who just now insulted my misfortune with so much security, as you thought, may please to shew us how well you can bear the like, now it has befallen you."
MORAL. The mutability of human affairs is such, that no situation, however seemingly advantageous, ought to make us jest with the misfortunes of others. [more info]
MORAL. The mutability of human affairs is such, that no situation, however seemingly advantageous, ought to make us jest with the misfortunes of others. [more info]
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