Amy Tan Quotes

A Pious Man Explained To His Followers: 'It Is Evil To Take Lives And Noble To Save Them. Each Day I Pledge To Save A Hundred Lives. I Drop My Net In The Lake And Scoop Out A Hundred Fishes. I Place The Fishes On The Bank, Where They Flop And Twirl. "Don't Be Scared," I Tell Those Fishes. "I Am Saving You From Drowning." Soon Enough, The Fishes Grow Calm And Lie Still. Yet, Sad To Say, I Am Always Too Late. The Fishes Expire. And Because It Is Evil To Waste Anything, I Take Those Dead Fishes To Market And I Sell Them For A Good Price. With The Money I Receive, I Buy More Nets So I Can Save More Fishes.

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