RE: Meaningful ideas and quotes
April 1, 2018 at 10:31 am
(This post was last modified: April 1, 2018 at 10:41 am by Aegon.)
(April 1, 2018 at 9:43 am)Hammy Wrote: "Death, therefore, the most awful of evils, is nothing to us, seeing that, when we are, death is not come, and, when death is come, we are not. - Epicurus
This is just one translation of a Taoist parable.
A Chinese farmer gets a horse, which soon runs away. A neighbor says, "That's bad news." The farmer replies, "Perhaps."
The horse comes back and brings another horse with him. A neighbor says, "That's good news!" The farmer replies, "Perhaps."
The farmer gives the second horse to his son, who rides it, then is thrown and badly breaks his leg. "So sorry, this is bad news," says the concerned neighbor. "Perhaps," the farmer replies.
In a week or so, the emperor's men come and take every able-bodied young man to fight in a war. The farmer's son is spared. "That is good news!" The neighbor says. "Perhaps," the farmer replies.