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| 142. The Traveller And Fortune A Traveller, wearied with a long jo urney, lay down overcome with fatigue on the very brink of a deep well. Being within an inch of falling into the water, Dame Fortune, it is said, appeared to him, and waking him from his slumber, thus addressed him: "Good Sir, pray wake up; for had you fallen into the well, the blame will be thrown on me, and I shall get an ill name among mortals; for I find that men are sure to impute their calamities to me, however much by their own folly they have really brought them on themselves. " Every one is more or less master of his own fate. | 142. 旅人和命运之神 一位旅人厌倦漫长的旅途，且疲乏得很，于是在一口深井的旁边躺了下去。 他只差一吋，便要跌到井里去了，那时命运之神便出现在他的面前，将他从小憩中唤醒，并对他说：「好先生，请你醒来。如果你跌到井里去，又要怪我不好，而我在凡间又要得到一个恶名；因为我知道人们总将他们的灾祸归咎于我，其实有许多祸事，都是因他们自己的笨拙所招惹的。」? 每个人通常都是他自己命运的主宰。 |
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