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 因为

contend 主张

Hercules赫拉克勒斯

（希腊神话中的大力士）

in general 通常

intelligence 智慧

overcome 征服

relative 相对的

represent 描绘

tear 撕裂；眼泪

狮子和雕像

一个人和一头狮子正在争论谁更厉害，人认为他和他的伙伴比狮子更强壮，因为人类更有智慧。

“跟我来，”男人喊道，“我会向你证明我是对的。”他带狮子来到公园，让狮子看一座雕像—赫拉克勒斯脚踩一头狮子，并将狮子的嘴撕成两半。

“好吧，”狮子说道，“但这也证明不了什么，因为这座雕像出自人类之手。”

我们很容易将事实描绘成自己所希望的样子。