A DOG used to run up quietly to the heels of everyone he met, and to bite them without notice. His master suspended a bell about his neck so that the Dog might give notice of his presence wherever he went. Thinking it a mark of distinction, the Dog grew proud of his bell and went tinkling it all over the marketplace. One day an old hound said to him: Why do you make such an exhibition of yourself? That bell that you carry is not, believe me, any order of merit, but on the contrary a mark of disgrace, a public notice to all men to avoid you as an ill mannered dog."
Notoriety is often mistaken for fame.
有个人被狗咬伤，四处求医治伤，仍无显著疗效。有人向他建议，用面包擦干伤口上的血，再扔给咬他的狗吃。他回答说：“我想如果这样做，那么全城所有的狗一定都会来咬我。”这是说，恶性若受到鼓励，就会更加为非作歹，为所欲为。
