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Fables [Aesopica], "The Dog in the Manger" (6th C BC) - Aesop | WIST Quotations
People often grudge others when they cannot enjoy themselves. Alternate translation: "See, what a miserable cur! who neither can eat corn himself, nor will allow those to eat in who can." [tr. James (1848)] Alternate translation: "What a selfish Dog! He cannot eat the hay himself, and yet refuses to…