An annoying Crow had decided to sit upon a Sheep and let the Sheep carry her along. The Sheep put up with the Crow for a while, but then, growing tired of the bird, remarked, “If you had this to a Dog, you would have suffered for it, for the Dog would have ripped you to shreds with his sharp teeth.”

The rascally Crow replied, “I would never have used a Dog in this manner. I despise the defenceless, and I yield to the powerful, and I know whom to vex, and whom to flatter. And by these means I put off death by years.”

Many are those who exploit the weak but cringe before the powerful.