The Fox & The Grapes: A Classic Story with Much to Teach Us in the Present

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Searching for food to satisfy his hunger, a Fox suddenly saw a vine full of big grapes and ran towards it greeedishly. But unfortunately, the grapes were so high that it was impossible for him to reach them. He tried again and again, but couldn’t even touch them. Bitter and frustrated, he comforted himself by saying: "Anyway they don’t seem ripe, so the taste must be very bad. Surely they are sour”. Moral: Many people who struggle to acquire something they want discover that it is easier to convince others that the desired object is "sour" than it is to admit that they cannot obtain it. Hence, be wary of criticism about something from those who cannot acquire it.