The Fables of Aesop 伊索寓言

“Come now with me,” he cried, “and I will soon prove that I am right.” So he took him into the public gardens and showed him a statue of Hercules overcoming the Lion and tearing his mouth in two.

“That is all very well,” said the Lion, “but proves nothing, for it was a man who made the statue.”

We can easily represent things as we wish them to be.

Key points

by reason of 因為

contend 主張

Hercules赫拉克勒斯

（希臘神話中的大力士）

in general 通常

intelligence 智慧

overcome 征服

relative 相對的

represent 描繪

tear 撕裂；眼淚

獅子和雕像

一個人和一頭獅子正在爭論誰更厲害，人認為他和他的伙伴比獅子更強壯，因為人類更有智慧。

“跟我來，”男人喊道，“我會向你證明我是對的。”他帶獅子來到公園，讓獅子看一座雕像—赫拉克勒斯腳踩一頭獅子，并將獅子的嘴撕成兩半。

“好吧，”獅子說道，“但這也證明不了什么，因為這座雕像出自人類之手。”

我們很容易將事實描繪成自己所希望的樣子。