Two neighbours came before Jupiter and
prayed him to grant their hearts' desire. Now the one was full of avarice, and
the other eaten up with envy. So to punish them both, Jupiter granted that each
might have whatever he wished for himself, but only on condition that his
neighbour had twice as much. The Avaricious man prayed to have a room full of
gold. No sooner said than done; but all his joy was turned to grief when he
found that his neighbour had two rooms full of the precious metal. Then came
the turn of the Envious man, who could not bear to think that his neighbour had
any joy at all. So he prayed that he might have one of his own eyes put out, by
which means his companion would become totally blind.
Vices are their own punishment.
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