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The fable of the fool
It is said that in a city, a group of people had fun with the village idiot, a poor wretch of little intelligence who lived on alms and by doing small errands.
Every day some men called the fool to the bar where they met and offered him a choice between 2 coins: a large one of $100 and a smaller one of $500. He always took the largest and least valuable, which was a source of laughter for everyone.
One day, someone who was watching the group having fun with the innocent man, called him aside and asked him if he still hadn't realized that the larger coin was worth less, and he replied: I know, I'm not that fool. It's worth 5 times less, but the day I choose the other one, the little game ends and I won't earn my coin anymore.
This story could end here, as a simple joke, but some conclusions can be drawn:
The first: he who seems a fool, is not always a fool.
The second: excessive ambition can end up cutting off your source of income.
And the most interesting conclusion is:
The truly intelligent man is the one who appears to be a fool, in front of a fool who thinks he is intelligent.
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