A Man and a Lion traveled together through the forest. They soon began to boast
of their respective superiority to each other in strength and prowess. As they
were disputing, they passed a statue carved in stone, which represented "a Lion
strangled by a Man." The traveler pointed to it and said: "See there! How strong
we are, and how we prevail over even the king of beasts."
The Lion replied: "This statue was made by one of you men. If we Lions knew how to erect statues,
you would see the Man placed under the paw of the Lion."