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寓言故事|The Thoughtful Warden

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THE Warden1 of a Penitentiary2 was one day putting locks on the doors
of all the cells when a mechanic said to him:
Those locks can all be opened from the inside - you are very
imprudent.
The Warden did not look up from his work, but said:
If that is called imprudence, I wonder what would be called a
thoughtful provision against the vicissitudes3 of fortune.


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