Aesop - The She-Goats and Their Beards lyrics

THE SHE-GOATS having obtained a beard by request to Jupiter, The He-Goats were sorely displeased and made complaint that the females equaled them in dignity. "Allow them," said Jupiter, "to enjoy an empty honor and to a**ume the badge of your nobler s**, so long as they are not your equals in strength or courage." It matters little if those who are inferior to us in merit should be like us in outside appearances.