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"The fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one big thing" is attributed to the poet Archilochus.
The Fox and the Cat is an ancient fable,
with both Eastern and Western analogues involving different animals,
that addresses the difference between resourceful expediency and a
master strategem. In the basic story a cat and a fox discuss how many tricks and dodges
they have. The fox says that he has many; the cat confesses to having
only one – to climb a tree.
Every classification
throws light on something.
I try to be the Cat in that regard but
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