If you'd called me an ox, I'd have said I was an ox;....

“ If you'd called me an ox, I'd have said I was an ox; if you'd called me a horse, I'd have said I was a horse. If the reality is there and you refuse to accept the name men give it, you'll only lay yourself open to double harassment. ”

Zhuangzi

From : The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu