Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) struck a philosophical tone in a recent social media post following his major loss to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton in the Lone Star State’s Republican primary runoff.

The longtime senator cryptically shared the fable of the scorpion and the frog. In the story, a scorpion convinces a frog to carry it across a river, only to sting the frog midway, dooming them both. The scorpion explains the sting as being in its nature.