A person was coming from Babylon and sat down to rest on the road when he saw two birds fighting with each other. One of them killed the other. The survivor went and checked some herb and placing it on the other, revived her.
It will be a good thing, the observer thought, if I take some of this herb and revive the dead in Israel. As he was walking along he saw a dead fox. It will be a good thing, he thought, if I try it on this fox. He placed it on the fox and it revived. He then went to Tyre and saw a lion slain on the road. I will try it on this lion. He placed some herb on him it came back to life and devoured him. “If you have done good to the bad, you have done a bad thing.” -Vayikra Rabba 22:4
"Those who are kind to the cruel will end up being cruel to the kind." -Kohelet Rabba
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