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A Fisherman who lived on the produce of his nets, one day caught a
single small fish as the result of his day's labor. The fish,
panting convulsively, thus entreated for his life: "O Sir, what good
can I be to you, and how little am I worth! I am not yet come to my
full size. Pray spare my life, and put me back into the sea. I shall
soon become a large fish, fit for the tables of the rich; and then
you can catch me again, and make a handsome profit of me." The
fisherman replied: "I should be a very simple fellow, if I were to
forego my certain gain for an uncertain profit."
Moral of Aesops Fable:
Do not forego a certain gain for an uncertain profit
The Fisherman and the Little Fish
Fable
An Aesop's Fable
With the Moral:
Do not forego a certain gain for an uncertain profit |
