
Canis queritur nimium nocere.
A dog complains that excess harms.
Non ego furaces nec apros insector & ursos,
Applaudit nec hero blandula cauda[1] suo:
Sub iuga sed mittor validus, traho & esseda collo,
Quaeque levant alios viribus usque premor.
Per vicos ductum me alii latratibus urgent,
Miratur casus libera turba meos.
Quąm fueram charus dominae, si parvulus essem,
Non mensa, lecto nec caruisse velim.
Sic multis vires, & opes nocuere superbae:
Contentum modico & profuit esse statu.
I do not pursue thieves and wild boars or bears, nor does my flattering tail applaud its master, but being strong I am yoked and with the neck I pull a car. I am constantly oppressed by what raises up others by my strength. When I am led through the neighbourhood other dogs press me by their barking, the free lot wonders at my misfortune. How dear would I have been to my mistress if I were a little dog; I would not have wished to have missed table or bed. In this way, to many people proud strength and possessions have been harmful while being contented with a modest situation has done good.
1. Corrected from Errata (from caussa).
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- arm or hand held in front of the body - AA - both arms or hands (+ caressing, courting, making love) [31AA2516(+918)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- arm raised upward (+ holding something) [31A2511(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- both legs bent, side by side, knees on the ground; kneeling - AA - female human figure (+ sitting) [31AA26124(+53)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- boy (child between toddler and youth) [31D11221] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bull (+ head of an animal) [47I2111(+933)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ animals used as cattle, livestock) [34B11(+981)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, barking, mewing, neighing, chirping, etc.) [34B11(+949)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ movements of animal(s)) [34B11(+952)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ postures of hind leg(s) of animal(s)) [34B11(+956)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ sleeping animal(s)) [34B11(+946)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- dog (+ young animal) [34B11(+921)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- friendship between man and animal; caressing, petting [34A1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hacking and thrusting weapons: sword [45C13(SWORD)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- inciting riding-animal or draught-animal [46C146] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- looking over the shoulder (+ variant) [31A247(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- other ornament derived from animal forms [48A9845] Search | Browse Iconclass
- prick, goad (+ variant) [46C1461(+0)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- public road [25I14] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sitting on the ground - AA - female human figure [31AA2351] Search | Browse Iconclass
- sports, games and physical performances (+ requirements, necessaries ~ sports and games) [43C(+4)(STICK)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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- animal(s) pulling, drawing something «« QUEUE OF KEY (5247) TO 46C(+7) zoological aspects of animals in traffic and transport [46C(+75247)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- audible means of communication of animal(s): roaring, crying, singing, etc. «« KEY (49) TO 25F animals [25F(+49)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- beasts of prey, predatory animals (with NAME) [25F23(BEAR)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- bed [41A761] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Damage, Disservice; 'Danno' (Ripa) [54BB31] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Flattery; 'Adulatione' (Ripa) [57AA6121] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Freedom, Liberty; 'Libertą' (Ripa) [51E11] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Grumbling, Complaint; 'Pianto', 'Querela' (Ripa) [56BB33] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hoofed animals (with NAME) [25F24(BOAR)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- hunger [41C119] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Intemperance, Immoderation [54AA43] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Largeness, Magnitude (+ emblematical representation of concept) [51G1(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Littleness, Smallness [51GG1] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Pride, Loftiness; 'Alterezza in persona nata povera civile' (Ripa) [57AA64] Search | Browse Iconclass
- silent means of communication of animal(s): wagging of tail etc. «« KEY (491) TO 25F animals [25F(+491)] Search | Browse Iconclass
- Strength, Power; 'Fortezza', 'Fortezza d'Animo e di corpo', 'Fortezza del corpo congiunta con la generositą dell'animo', 'Fortezza & valore del corpo congiunto con la prudenza & virtł del animo', 'Forza' (Ripa) [54A7] Search | Browse Iconclass
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