Work hard, sweat all you can: Riches is what counts the least. A rich farmer, sensing his impending death, Called for his children, and spoke to them without witnesses. Do not sell the inheritance left by our parents, he said, As a treasure is hidden in it. I do not know where, but with a bit of courage You will find it, you will figure it out. Go search the field when summer ends. Dig, scratch, plow, do not leave no earth unturned Anywhere your hands can reach. After the father’s death, the sons worked the field Everywhere, over and over again, so that within a year It produced more than ever before. There was no money to be found, but the father had been wise To show them before his death That work is a treasure.- Jean de la Fontaine’s “Le Laboureur et ses Enfants”
Posted on: Mon, 07 Oct 2013 09:48:53 +0000
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