He who gives bad advice to the prudent, wastes effort and is mocked to his shame.
It is said that the dogs drink in the Nile River while continuing to run in order not to being dragged down by crocodiles. So, when a dog started to drink while continuing to run, a crocodile said to him, "drink calmly; do not be afraid." But he said, "I would, by God, if I did not know that you are greedy for my flesh".
[ Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter.
Canes currentes bibere in Nilo flumine,
A corcodillis ne rapiantur, traditum est.
Igitur cum currens bibere coepisset canis,
Sic corcodillus: «Quamlibet lambe otio;
Noli vereri». At ille: «Facerem mehercule,
Nisi esse scirem carnis te cupidum meae». ]
It is said that the dogs drink in the Nile River while continuing to run in order not to being dragged down by crocodiles. So, when a dog started to drink while continuing to run, a crocodile said to him, "drink calmly; do not be afraid." But he said, "I would, by God, if I did not know that you are greedy for my flesh".
[ Consilia qui dant prava cautis hominibus,
Et perdunt operam et deridentur turpiter.
Canes currentes bibere in Nilo flumine,
A corcodillis ne rapiantur, traditum est.
Igitur cum currens bibere coepisset canis,
Sic corcodillus: «Quamlibet lambe otio;
Noli vereri». At ille: «Facerem mehercule,
Nisi esse scirem carnis te cupidum meae». ]
