有些人成了別人的明燈,自己的世界卻伸手不見五指

出處:伊索寓言

小小啟發: 

這世界就是這樣的,有些人成了別人的明燈,自己的世界卻伸手不見五指。

故事內容: 

一個算命師在市場幫人算命 (A fortune-teller was sitting in the market place),生意非常的好 (and doing good business)。有人突然跑過來告訴他 (Suddenly a man came and told him),他家的門從鉸鏈的地方被扯開來 (that the door of his house had been wrenched from its hinges),裡頭所有的東西都被偷走了 (and all his possessions carried off)。他跳了起來 (He jumped up),大叫一聲 (and with a cry of consternation),跑回去看看發生什麼事情 (ran to see what had happened)。一位旁觀者看著他說 (A bystander who was watching him said):

「你可以預知別人會發生的事情 (You profess to foretell what is going to befall other people),怎麼無法掌握自己的災難?(but you did not foresee your own misfortune.)」

寓意: 這個故事在諷刺,有些人愚蠢的人(This fable exposes the folly of men),連自己的生活都管不好了 (who mismanage their own lives),卻對非關自己的事情,聲稱獨有洞見 (yet claim to possess foresight in matters which do not concern them)。

英文原文: 

A fortune-teller was sitting in the market place and doing good business. Suddenly a man came and told him that the door of his house had been wrenched from its hinges and all his possessions carried off. He jumped up and with a cry of consternation ran to see what had happened. A bystander who was watching him said:

“ You profess to foretell what is going to befall other people, but you did not foresee your own misfortune.”

The moral is that: This fable exposes the folly of men who mismanage their own lives, yet claim to possess foresight in matters which do not concern them.
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