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Ex damno alterius, alterius utilitas.
One man’s loss is another man’s gain
EMBLEMA CXXV.
Dum saevis ruerent in mutua vulnera telis,
Ungue leaena ferox, dente timendus aper,
Accurrit vultur spectatum, & prandia captat.
Gloria victoris, praeda futura sua est.[1]
While a lioness, vicious in claw, and a boar, fearsome for its tusks, were setting upon each other, inflicting mutual wounds with their savage weapons, a vulture hurried up to watch, lurking in expectation of a meal. The victor’s glory will belong to the one that gets the spoil.
1. Cf. Aesop 200 and 203.
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- animals (+ relationship between animals) [25F(+44)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fighting animals; aggressive relations [25F(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ silent means of communication of animal(s): wagging of tail etc.) [25F23(LION)(+491)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations) [25F23(LION)(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals: lion (+ animal gripping another animal, human figure, or object) [25F23(LION)(+5571)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hoofed animals: boar (+ fighting animals; aggressive relations) [25F24(BOAR)(+51)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- predatory birds: vulture (+ animal with forelegs stretched sidewards) [25F33(VULTURE)(+553)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- trees (+ stem, trunk) [25G3(+21)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- (high) hill [25H113] Search | Browse Iconclass
- landscape with tower or castle [25I5] Search | Browse Iconclass
- fighting [33B3] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- Waiting for an Opportunity (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54B1211(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Advantage (+ emblematical representation of concept) [54F14(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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