is cum refugiens impari collo iugum aetatis excusaret vires languidas, Non est quod timeas inquit illi rusticus; non ut labores facio, sed ut istum domes, qui calce et cornu multos reddit debiles.
When the ox begged to be excused because his strength was enfeebled by age, and he objected to being yoked with a mate whose neck was much stronger, the farmer said to him: You neednt be afraid; Im not doing this to make you work, but in order that you may tame that other fellow, who has made many lame with his heels and horns.
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