006. A Dog and a Shadow. As a Dog was crossing a River, with a Morcel of Good Flesh in his Mouth, he saw (as he thought) Another Dog under the Water, upon the very same Adventure. He never consider'd that the one was only the Image of the Other; but out of a Greediness to get Both, he Chops at the Shadow, and Loses the Substance
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Moral. All Covet, All Lose; which may serve for a Reproof to Those that Govern their Lives by Fancy and Appetite, without consulting the Honour, and the Justice of the Case.
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more info; you can read
L'Estrange's Reflexion at the online book.]
And here is an
illustration from John Ogilby:
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