Better Cities:How to Win Friends and Influence People
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Once upon a time there was a king who strove for all wisdom. Rumours reached him once that there was a certain hermit who knew the answers to all questions. The king came to him and saw: a decrepit old man, digging in a flower bed. The king jumped off his horse and bowed to the old man.
"I came to get answers to three questions: who is the most important person on earth, what is the most important thing in life, what day is more important than all the others."
The hermit said nothing and continued to dig. The king undertook to help him.
Suddenly he sees: a man is walking along the road - his whole face is covered with blood. The king stopped him, consoled him with a kind word, brought water from a stream, washed and bandaged the wounds of the traveler. Then he took him to the hermit's shack, put him to bed.
The next morning he looks - the hermit sows in the garden.
"Hermit," the king pleaded, "won't you answer my questions?"
"You yourself have already answered them," he said.
"How?" the king was astonished.
"Seeing my old age and infirmity, you took pity on me and volunteered to help," said the hermit. "While you were digging the garden, I was the most important person for you, and helping me was the most important thing for you. A wounded man appeared - his need was more acute than mine. And he became the most important person for you, and helping him was the most important thing. It turns out that the most important person is the one who needs your help. And the most important thing is the good that you do to him."
"Now I can answer my third question: which day in a person's life is more important than others," said the king, "The most important day is today."
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