|A Pot of Honey was upset in the pantry, and the Flies crowded about
to eat of it. It was so sticky that they could not get away. Their feet
were held fast, so that they could not fly, and they began to choke to
death.
“What wretches we are,” they cried, “to die just for a moment of
pleasure!”
So it is that greediness is the cause of many evils.