Name: English Tutor Nick P Quotes (211) Aesop - No Act of Kindness No Matter How Small is Never Wasted
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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Quotes 211. The quote today is another

one,  I haven't done one in a while by him by Aesop,  the Greek fable

writer. Remember Aesop's fables. So and this is the quote \" No act of kindness , no

matter how small is ever wasted. \" Okay,  good. Let's continue. Let's look at the

note here. This quote by Aesop comes from his famous fable \"The Lion and the Mouse. \"

Yeah.  And remember I think I mentioned this in the last ones I did by him.

Remember at one time he was a slave and he made most of his fables he used

animals in them. And one of the reasons he used animals is because he was really

basing the animals on real people , but he didn't want the real people to realize

who he was writing about so he substituted animals instead of people. So

that's why a lot of his fables actually have animals in them. All right. Let's

continue. In the story,  a small Mouse is caught by a lion and is set free as an

act of kindness instead of being eaten.  Even though the lion did catch him first , but

still he could have ate him and he decided to set him free. Just,  just to be

nice. Okay. Later in the story the mouse happens upon the lion trapped in net. So

just comes across him by chance. The mouse remembers the kindness of the lion

letting him go. He therefore chews through the rope helping to set the lion

free. Okay,  good. So let's continue. The moral of the story is that you never

know an unconditional act of kindness. So unconditional means you know,  you don't

require that somebody does something else for you. You're just doing this act

of kindness just to be nice. You're making no conditions. You're saying well

I'll do this for you,  if you do this for me. Unconditionally you just do it for

them. An unconditional act of kindness done for someone may in some way

come back to help you. Okay. It alludes to the idea of karma. If you do good things

good things are more likely to come back to you. Of course,  that works the opposite

way too. So don't do bad things because then also would mean bad things are more

likely to come around to you. In English we often describe this as you know,  what

comes around goes around or we can reverse the same phrase as

what goes around comes around.  The lion never imagined the mouse would

be able to do anything for him. Yet he freed the mouse. So he did this kind act

of you know an act of kindness and it ended up saving him as well. Anyway I

hope you got it.  I hope was clear. Thank you for your time.