The Man and His Two Wives
Aesop
A middle-aged man had two wives, one who was old and one who was young.
Each one desired to see him like herself. Now the man's hair was turning gray,
which the young wife did not like, as it made him look too old for her husband.
So every night she used to comb his hair and pull out the white ones. But the
elder wife saw her husband growing gray with great pleasure, for she did not
like to be mistaken for his mother. So every morning she used to arrange his
hair and pull out as many of the black ones as she could. In consequence the
man soon found himself entirely bald.
Moral: Yield to all and you will soon have nothing to yield.