Shatakatraya 1.30

1.30

svalpa-snāyu-vasāvaśeṣa-malinaṃ nirmāṃsam apy asthi goḥ
śvā labdhvā paritoṣam eti na tu tat tasya kṣudhā-śāntaye |
siṃho jambukam aṅkam āgatam api tyaktvā nihanti dvipaṃ
sarvaḥ kṛcchra-gato 'pi vāñchanti janaḥ sattvānurūpaṃ phalam ||

Having found a cow's bone without flesh, smeared with just a trace of sinew and fat, / a dog is satisfied, yet it does not serve to quell his hunger; / the lion, letting go a jackal that has come right into his grasp, slays an elephant: / every person, even when fallen into distress, desires a fruit worthy of his own spirit.