baker decided to weigh the butter to see if he was getting a pound and he
found that he was not. This angered him and he took the farmer to court.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied,
"Your Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a
scale."
The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter" The farmer replied "Your
Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been
buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the
bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If
anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others.
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and
can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know
what the truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves – more
than anyone else.
The judge asked the farmer if he was using any measure. The farmer replied,
"Your Honor, I am primitive. I don't have a proper measure, but I do have a
scale."
The judge asked, "Then how do you weigh the butter" The farmer replied "Your
Honor, long before the baker started buying butter from me, I have been
buying a pound loaf of bread from him. Every day when the baker brings the
bread, I put it on the scale and give him the same weight in butter. If
anyone is to be blamed, it is the baker."
What is the moral of the story? We get back in life what we give to others.
Honesty and dishonesty become a habit. Some people practice dishonesty and
can lie with a straight face. Others lie so much that they don't even know
what the truth is anymore. But who are they deceiving? Themselves – more
than anyone else.
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