• A woodcutter busily cutting wood in a rusty [axe

  • Teaches traveler, “You can cut more easily if you remove the rust from the axe.”

  • The woodcutter replies, “I’m too busy cutting down trees to do that.

  • While you’re sharpening your axe blade and feeling good that you’re sharpening your blade, chainsaw may be being introduced on the next mountain!

    • The winner is the one who cuts down the most trees in three days. You can do anything you want, but the first thing you will be provided with is a rusty axe and a whetstone.

    • Fools continue to cut with a rusty axe because they don’t have time to sharpen it. A somewhat sane man will sharpen it properly every day. The smart ones work part-time or go to the bank to buy a chainsaw until the second day.

    • https://twitter.com/metatetsu/status/1081861461440266240?s=21
  • Some people claim that Aesop’s Fables are the source, but I have not been able to find one that clearly states which story it is.

relevance

Ecclesiastes 10:10

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Parable


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