Comparative mythology corpus

Pride And Accidental Superiority Before Reversal

1 appearances across 1 tradition groups.

Evidence

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TraditionSourcePassageConfidenceEvidenceRecord
Greek Aesop's Fables; a new translation BY G. K. CHESTERTON / AND ILLUSTRATIONS / BY ARTHUR RACKHAM / INTRODUCTION; lines 175-222 medium Whether fables began with Aesop or Adam, and whether compared with Reynard the Fox or La Fontaine, the passage says the upshot is essentially the same: superiority is insolent because accidental, pride precedes a fall, and one may be too clever by half. record