The Seller Of Images
Aesop Fable: 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."
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