53. Leo respondit, humana hoc pictum manu:
Videres hominem dejectum, si pingere
Leones scirent.
Appendix ad Phaedrum, Fab. xxv.
The lion in Phaedrus very foolishly appeals from pictures to
the amphitheatre; and I am glad to observe that the native
taste of La Fontaine (l. iii. fable x.) hs omitted this most
lame and impotent conclusion .