今子有五石之瓠,何不慮以為大樽而浮於江湖,而憂其瓠落無所容?(莊子/內篇/逍遙遊) Now you, Sir, had calabashes large enough to hold five piculs; why did you not think of making large bottle-gourds of them, by means of which you could have floated over rivers and lakes, instead of giving yourself the sorrow of finding that they were useless for holding anything.
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