{"id":72637,"date":"2024-04-05T16:59:04","date_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/?p=72637"},"modified":"2024-04-05T16:59:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-05T09:59:04","slug":"potter-or-jeweller-who-is-bigger-fool-greed-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writehorizon.com\/potter-or-jeweller-who-is-bigger-fool-greed-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Potter or Jeweller \u2013 Who is Bigger Fool? Greed Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style='\"font-size:'>While returning from market after selling all his pots, potter found a big glass like stone on his way. Potter picked it up thinking that his kids can play with this shiny stone.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Later he thought that its better to tie it on his donkey neck. It will be like an ornament for his donkey.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Thinking this, potter found a rope and tied that shiny stone around his donkey neck.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>A jeweller was going from same way. When his eyes fell on donkey\u2019s neck, he got shocked to see such diamond beautiful hung around donkey\u2019s neck.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Jeweller at once stopped his horse and asked, <strong>\u201cWhat is the price of stone hanging around your donkey\u2019s neck?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Potter thought a lot and replied, <strong>\u201cI can sell it for eight dollars.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Jeweller understood completely that potter had no idea about that stone being a precious diamond. As he was ready to sell that diamond worth crores for eight annas! But jeweller was caught by greed.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>He said to potter,<strong> \u201cDon\u2019t you feel ashamed for selling this stone for eight dollars? I can only give four dollars?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Potter thought that who would remove this stone from donkey\u2019s neck for just four annas and replied, <strong>\u201cThen let it be. I don\u2019t want to sell it.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Jeweller went ahead thinking that, after a while if he go back and offer two more annas then potter may sell it to him for six dollars or even four dollars.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>After a while jeweller returned and asked for stone. Potter replied, <strong>\u201cAfter you left another person came and offered me one rupee for that stone. So I sold it to him.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Listening to this, jeweller shouted angrily, \u201c<strong>You fool! You mad potter! Do you know what you did? You sold an diamond worth crores for just one dollar.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Hearing this, potter started laughing. He said, <strong>\u201cI am a potter. I didn\u2019t knew that it was diamond worth crores. I thought I got one dollar and that was enough for a stone.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><strong>But what can I say for you! You are a jeweller and yet you didn\u2019t buy it for eight dollars! You lost crores, not me because I didn\u2019t even knew that it was worth that much.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Potter was fool, but it was due to ignorance but jeweller turned out to be a greater fool, who made a lose because of his greed.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While returning from market after selling all his pots, potter found a big glass like stone on his way. Potter picked it up thinking that his kids can play with this shiny stone. Later he thought that its better to tie it on his donkey neck. 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