in the Scholiis; Accedunt Sententiae Arabicae Imperatoris: ex Rosarium Politicum sive Amoenum Sortis Humanae Theatrum de Persico in Latinum a Georgii Gentius.
Felis Leo est in capiendo mure;
sed mus est in certamine Tigris.
The cat cannot be sure of catching the mouse, but the mouse can be sure of catching the cat.
The mouse is certain; the cat isn’t. But catching? To catch means something very different for these two creatures.
It’s like Goethe told the poet: Fear Love. The poet was like: what are you talking about? I can’t- nobody can- just… avoid falling in love. Goethe said: I didn’t say try to avoid it. I said to fear it, dipshit.
And there it is, dipshits. Fear does not mean the same thing as run away from, or avoid.