An oak and a reed were arguing about their strength. When a strong wind came up, the reed avoided being uprooted by bending and leaning with the gusts of wind. But the oak stood firm and was torn up by the roots.
What a splendid head, yet no brain.
United we stand, divided we fall.
In a crisis, give help first and then advice.
Wealth unused might as well not exist.
The haft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own Lures. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction.