Sayings of Ramakrishna 166

Of all the birds of the air the crow is considered to be the wisest, and he thinks himself so too. 

He never falls into a snare. He flies off at the slightest approach of danger, and steals the food with the greatest dexterity. 

But all this wisdom can supply him with no better living than filth and foul matter. This is the result of his having the wisdom of the pettifogger.