A Bear was once bragging about his generous feelings, and saying how refined
he was compared with other animals. (There is, in fact, a tradition that a
Bear will never touch a dead body.) A Fox, who heard him talking in this strain,
smiled and said, My friend, when you are hungry, I only wish you _would_ confine
your attention to the dead and leave the living alone.
A hypocrite deceives no one but himself.