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Aesop's Fables, translated by Laura Gibbs (2002)

512. JUPITER AND THE GOATS
Perry 516 (Phaedrus 4.17)

When the she-goats had persuaded Jupiter to give them beards, the male goats were extremely upset and began to complain that the women now had the same degree of dignity that they did. 'Come now,' said Jupiter, 'let the women enjoy this vain source of pride and stake their claim to the badges of your office so long as they cannot rival you in strength!'
Let this be a sign that you should put up with people who wear the same uniform as you do, even if they are not your equals in valour.

Source: Aesop's Fables. A new translation by Laura Gibbs. Oxford University Press (World's Classics): Oxford, 2002.
NOTE: New cover, with new ISBN, published in 2008; contents of book unchanged.