Motif
Pretender made ridiculous
pretender_made_ridiculous
A motif of the Pride, Hubris, and Downfall family, within the sub-family Borrowed Status and Exposed Bravado. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
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greek
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Aesop's Fables; a new translation HERCULES AND PLUTUS / THE FOX AND THE LEOPARD / THE FOX AND THE HEDGEHOG / THE CROW AND THE RAVEN; lines 4964-4979 confidence: high
Those who pretend to be something they are not only make themselves ridiculous.
The explicit moral states that people who pretend to be something they are not make themselves ridiculous.
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