伊索寓言：賣神像的人
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."
賣神像的人
有人雕刻了一個(gè)赫耳墨斯的木像，拿到市場(chǎng)去賣。因?yàn)闆]有一個(gè)買主上前，他便大聲叫喊，想招攬生意，說有賜福招財(cái)?shù)纳癯鍪邸＿@時(shí)旁邊有一個(gè)人對(duì)他說道：「喂，朋友，既然這樣，你自己應(yīng)該享受他的好處，為甚么還要賣掉他呢？」他回答說：「我要的是現(xiàn)在馬上能兌現(xiàn)利益，這神的利益卻來(lái)得很慢。」
這個(gè)故事帶出的啟示就是：那種不擇手段地求利的人是連神也不尊敬的人。
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