The Goods And The Ills
Aesop Fable: The Goods And The Ills
All the Goods were once driven out by the Ills from that
common share which they each had in the affairs of mankind;
for the Ills by reason of their numbers had prevailed
to possess the earth.
The Goods wafted themselves to
heaven and asked for a righteous vengeance on their persecutors.
They entreated Jupiter that they might no longer
be associated with the Ills, as they had nothing in common
and could not live together, but were engaged in unceasing
warfare; and that an indissoluble law might be laid down
for their future protection.
Jupiter granted their request
and decreed that henceforth the Ills should visit the earth
in company with each other, but that the Goods should
one by one enter the habitations of men. Hence it arises
that Ills abound, for they come not one by one, but in
troops, and by no means singly: while the Goods proceed
from Jupiter, and are given, not alike to all, but singly, and
separately; and one by one to those who are able to discern
them.
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