★(487) ライオンはワナを見破れず、キツネはオオカミから身を守れない・・The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
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The lion cannot protect himself from traps, and the fox cannot defend himself from wolves. One must therefore be a fox to recognize traps, and a lion to frighten wolves.
- だから、ワナを見破るキツネになるべきだし、オオカミを蹴散らすライオンになるべき
君主たる者は「ライオンの力と、キツネの狡知を持つべし｣という有名な教え。
これが君主たる者の目標であり資質である。
ただし、ライオンとキツネの違った二つの能力を同時に持てるのか、人材は多くない。