<P> There are several versions of the fable in Greek sources and a late Latin version recorded by Avianus . It concerns a fir tree that boasted to a bramble , ' You are useful for nothing at all ; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses . ' Then the Bramble answered : ' You poor creature , if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down , you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble , not a Fir - Tree . ' The moral of the story is that renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free . </P>
<P> There are several versions of the fable in Greek sources and a late Latin version recorded by Avianus . It concerns a fir tree that boasted to a bramble , ' You are useful for nothing at all ; while I am everywhere used for roofs and houses . ' Then the Bramble answered : ' You poor creature , if you would only call to mind the axes and saws which are about to hew you down , you would have reason to wish that you had grown up a Bramble , not a Fir - Tree . ' The moral of the story is that renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free . </P>
what is the moral of the fir tree and the bramble
what is the moral of the fir tree and the bramble
renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free
renown is accompanied by risks of which the humble are free