The Charger And The Miller
Aesop Fable: The Charger And The Miller
A charger, feeling the infirmities of age, was sent to work
in a mill instead of going out to battle. But when he was
compelled to grind instead of serving in the wars, he bewailed
his change of fortune and called to mind his former
state, saying, "Ah! Miller, I had indeed to go campaigning
before, but I was barbed from counter to tail, and a man
went along to groom me; and now I cannot understand
what ailed me to prefer the mill before the battle."
"Forbear," said the Miller to him, "harping on what was
of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the
ups and downsof fortune."
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