Source: Kafka on the Shore
“A small snake does not make nearby frogs, chickens and ducks feel threatened. But when it grows to be a python, even nearby pigs, oxen, horses and goats feel a threat to their survival.”
Feng Shih-kuan (2017) cited in " Once formidable, Taiwan’s military now overshadowed by China’s https://www.todayonline.com/world/once-formidable-taiwans-military-now-overshadowed-chinas" on Today Online, 4 November 2017.
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