墨丘利与雕刻家的寓言故事

墨丘利急于了解自己有多么受人尊重，便化做一个凡人，来到一个雕刻家的工作室，那里有很多已经完工的雕像正待出售。他看见了一尊朱庇特的雕像，便问要多少钱。“一块银元。”雕刻家回答说。“就这么多？”他笑着问，“那么，”（他指着朱诺的像——朱庇特的妻子）“这一尊要多少钱？”雕刻家回答说：“那个要半块银元。”“那边那个雕像，你想卖多少钱呢？”他指着自己的雕像继续问道。“那个？”雕刻家说，“假如你要买那两个的话，我便把这个白送给你。”

【墨丘利与雕刻家的故事寓意】

墨丘利与雕刻家的故事告诉新梦想网友：我们不要获得点成就就把自己看的高高在上，也不用把自己获得的成绩去用金钱来考量，我们更应该做些有意义的事情，我们做的那些好事是不需要别人的去夸奖的。

【墨丘利与雕刻家的英文版】

MERCURY AND THE SCULPTOR

Mercury was very anxious to know in what estimation he was held by mankind；so he disguised himself as a man and walked into a Sculptor’S studio，where there were a number of statues finished and ready for ng a statue of Jupiter among the rest，he inquired the price of it.“A crown.”said the Sculptor.“Is that all?”said hing；“and”（pointing to one of Juno）“how much is that one?”“That.”was the reply,“is half a crown.”“And how much might you be wanting for that one over there，now?”he continued，pointing to a statue of himseld“That one?”said the Sculptor；“Oh.I’ll throw him in for nothing if you’ll buy the other two.”