103.The Donkey Carrying the Image
A DONKEY once carried a famous wooden image through the streets of a city. The image was to be placed in a temple. As he passed along, the crowd bowed low before the image. The donkey thought that they bowed their heads in token of respect for him, and bristled up with pride. He started to bray and refused to move another step.
The driver guessed what he went through and gave him a whip about his shoulders, saying, “You stupid bonehead! Men have not yet started to adore a donkey.”
❖ Wise ones refuse to take the credit due to others.
❖ The superior man is inexhaustible in his will to teach.
❖ The swift approach may confer a good deal more influence that a belated one.
❖ But, really, isn’t a living being of taller value than carved and painted wood? Who were the ones to blame, really?
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