A Shepherd, counting his Sheep one day, discovered that a number of them were missing. A Countryman chanced to see the unequal combat. The man took off his cap and mopped his brow. But come, I know a good place to hide till he is gone. Why, I know a whole sackful of tricks! How could I have done so?, pleaded the Lamb But if you should ask him, he would say he is an Eagle.
Better to yield when it is folly to resist, than to resist stubbornly and be destroyed.