The Ass and His Driver
By Aesop
AN ASS, being driven along a high road, suddenly started off, and bolted to the brink of a deep precipice. While he was in the act of throwing himself over, his owner, seizing him by the tail, endeavored to pull him back. The Ass persisting in his effort, the man let him go and said: Conquer, but conquer to your cost.
Moral:
The perverse generally come to harm.
Source Book
Aesop's Fables
by Aesop
Translated by unknown
Illustrated by: Harrison Weir, John Tenniel, Ernest Griset, et.al.
Copyright 1881
Published by WM. L. Allison, New York
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