The Sow, with belly full of glands,
started to dig the soil under the Oak endamaging the roots;
to forget that the glands are given by the Oak is the same
as to neglect the basic knowledge wishing to profit from applications,
and destroy the roots.

The fable "The Sow Under the Oak" by Ivan Krylov was translated in English by
Sir Bernard Pares (1867-1949), Professor of Russian at University of London
1919-1936.

The interested reader is invited to consult the edition:

Krylov, Ivan. (1977). Krylov's Fables, tr. with a preface by Sir Bernard Pares.
Westport, CT: Hyperion Press.