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伊索寓言:卖神像的人

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  The Seller of Images

  A CERTAIN MAN made a wooden image of Mercury and offered it for sale. When no one appeared willing to buy it, in order to attract purchasers, he cried out that he had the statue to sell of a benefactor who bestowed wealth and helped to heap up riches. One of the bystanders said to him, "My good fellow, why do you sell him, being such a one as you describe, when you may yourself enjoy the good things he has to give?' "Why," he replied, "I am in need of immediate help, and he is wont to give his good gifts very slowly."

  卖神像的人

  有人雕刻了一个赫耳墨斯的木像,拿到市场去卖。因为没有一个买主上前,他便大声叫喊,想招揽生意,说有赐福招财的神出售。这时旁边有一个人对他说道:「喂,朋友,既然这样,你自己应该享受他的好处,为甚么还要卖掉他呢?」他回答说:「我要的是现在马上能兑现利益,这神的利益却来得很慢。」

  这个故事带出的启示就是:那种不择手段地求利的人是连神也不尊敬的人。

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