"Why did you on both
occasions fetch a tongue?" the Rabbi asked. "It is the source of good
and evil," Tobi replied. "If it is good, there is nothing better; if it
is bad, there is nothing worse."
The forest trees once asked the fruit trees: "Why is the rustling of
your leaves not heard in the distance?" The fruit trees replied: "We can
dispense with the rustling to manifest our presence; our fruits testify
for us." The fruit trees then inquired of the forest trees; "Why do your
leaves rustle almost continually?" "We are forced to call the attention
of man to our existence."
Too many Captains sink the ship.
An old man is a trouble in the house; an old woman is a treasure in the
house.
Two pieces of coin in one bag make more noise than a hundred.
When the flood came over the earth and everything was threatened with
destruction, and every kind of beast came in pairs to Noah, the Lie,
too, asked admittance into the ark. Noah, however, refused. "Only pairs
may enter here," he said. The Lie went in search of a companion, and at
last met Vice, whom it invited to go to the ark. "I am willing to keep
company with thee, if thou wilt promise to give me all thy earnings,"
said Vice. The Lie agreed, and they were both admitted into the ark.
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