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Avaricious And Envious
Avaricious And Envious
Two neighbours came before Jupiter and prayed him to grant their hearts`
desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and the other eaten up with envy. So
to punish them both, Jupiter granted that each might have whatever he wished
for himself, but only on condition that his neighbour had twice as much. The
Avaricious man prayed to have a room full of gold. No sooner said than done;
but all his joy was turned to grief when he found that his neighbour had two
rooms full of the precious metal. Then came the turn of the Envious man, who
could not bear to think that his neighbour had any joy at all. So he prayed
that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by which means his companion
would become totally blind.
"Vices Are Their Own Punishment."
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