The She-Goats And Their Beards
Aesop Fable: The She-Goats And Their Beards
The she-goats having obtained a beard by request to Jupiter,
the He-Goats were sorely displeased and made complaint
that the females equaled them in dignity. "Allow
them," said Jupiter, "to enjoy an empty honor and to assume
the badge of your nobler sex, so long as they are not
your equals in strength or courage."
It matters little if those who are inferior to us in merit
should be like us in outside appearances.
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