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156. The Oak And The Wood-Cutters

The Wood-cutters cut down a Moun
tain Oak, split it in pieces, making wedges of its own branches for dividing the trunk, and for saving their labour. The Oak said with a sigh, "I do not care about the blows of the axe aimed at my roots, but I do grieve at being torn in
pieces by these wedges made from my own branches."

Misfortunes springing from ourselves are the hardest to bear.

156. 橡树和樵夫
樵夫从山上砍下一棵橡树，将它劈成一块块的，并用橡树的枝丫做成的楔子来劈砍树干，藉此可以节省一些劳力。橡树叹息地说：「我不恨那砍下我的根的斧头，我只伤心被自己枝丫做成的楔子来劈开。」
自取之祸是最难过的。