Krasicki's "The Lamb and the Wolves"
From Ignacy Krasicki (1735-1801), a short poem that American diplomats and pundits would do well to keep in mind when wondering how foreign despots see the world:
"The Lamb and the Wolves
The predator's cause is always good.
Two wolves attacked a lamb in a dark wood.
It said "I want your legal rights defined."
"You're weak and tender, and it's dark." They dined.
Ignacy Krasicki, 1779
This cuts both ways. They act on this morality, and they assume that we do too.
"The Lamb and the Wolves
The predator's cause is always good.
Two wolves attacked a lamb in a dark wood.
It said "I want your legal rights defined."
"You're weak and tender, and it's dark." They dined.
Ignacy Krasicki, 1779
This cuts both ways. They act on this morality, and they assume that we do too.