tunc quidam ex illis quos prius despexerat: Contentus nostris si fuisses sedibus et quod Natura dederat voluisses pati, nec illam expertus esses contumeliam nec hanc repulsam tua sentiret calamitas.
Then one of those jackdaws whom he had previously despised remarked: If you had been content with our station in life and had been willing to take what nature gave you, you would neither have experienced that first humiliation nor would your misfortune have felt the sting of our rebuff.
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