Chapter 127
Emerging from the mud of a swamp, a frog proclaimed to the entire world that he had surfaced to cure all diseases.
“Come and see the most miraculous doctor in the world!” he cried. “No one is my equal, not even Aesculapius himself, Jove’s physician!”
“How dare you pretend to be able to heal others,” asked the fox, “when you’re not even able to cure your own limping gait and blotched and wrinkled skin?”
Physician, first heal thyself. A man’s professional skill can only be tested by its practice.