"Some animals you know, are so greedy, that in spite of extreme timidity in some cases, they are drawn irresistibly to the bait to get food, and are caught; and others are snared by drink."

"Yes, certainly."

"Others again—quails and partridges, for instance—are so amorous, that when they hear the cry of the female, they are carried away by desire and anticipation, throw caution to the winds and blunder into the nets. Is it not so?"

He agreed again.

"Now, don’t you think it disgraceful that a man should be in the same plight as the silliest of wild creatures?"

-- Xenophon, Memorabilia, "Aristippus and Socrates", 2.1.8