Once upon a time an old man spread rumors
that his neighbor was a thief. As a result, the
young man was arrested. Days later the young
man was proven innocent. After been released
he sued the old man for wrongly accusing him. In court the old man told the Judge : “They
were just comments, didn’t harm anyone.” The judge, before passing sentence on the
case, told the old man : “Write all the things
you said about him on a piece of paper. Cut
them up and on the way home, throw the
pieces of paper out. Tomorrow, come back to
hear the sentence.” The next day, the judge told the old man :
“Before receiving the sentence, you will have
to go out and gather all the pieces of paper that
you threw out yesterday.” The old man said : “I can’t do that ! The wind
spread them and I won’t know where to find
them.” The judge then replied : “The same way,
simple comments may destroy the honor of a
man to such an extent that one is not able to
fix it.” MORAL: If you can’t speak well of someone,
rather don’t say anything. Let’s all be masters
of our mouth, so that we won’t be slaves of our
words.
