A WOLF coming out of a field of oats met a Horse and thus addressed
him: “I would advise you to go into that field. It is full of fine
oats, which I have left untouched for you, as you are a friend whom I
would love to hear enjoying good eating.” The Horse replied, “If oats
had been the food of wolves, you would never have indulged your ears at
the cost of your belly.”
Men of evil reputation, when they perform a good deed, fail to get
credit for it.