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Another fable of Aesop (whoever he was) concerns a cat and a fox, discussing how clever they are. The fox boasts that he is quite wily and knows several tricks for escaping from dogs. The cat claims she knows only one trick but one that works. At that very moment, a pack of hounds heads toward the two, and the cat scampers up a tree, shouting to the fox that this is her one trick.
The fox dithers as he tries to settle on which of his escape tricks to use—and before he can make up his mind, the dogs pounce on him and devour him. The moral: one plan that works is better than a dozen that are never put into action.
