A Lamp, soaked with too much oil and flaring brightly, boasted that it gave more light than the sun. Then a sudden puff of wind arose, and the Lamp was immediately extinguished. Its owner lit it again, and said: “Boast no more, but henceforth be content to give thy light in silence. Know that not even the stars need to be relit.”
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Aesop was an ancient Greek storyteller, believed to have lived around 620–564 BCE, whose fables have been retold across centuries for their sharp moral wit. "The Lamp" is among the briefer entries in the Aesopic tradition, distilling its lesson — that borrowed brilliance is no grounds for pride — into just a handful of sentences.
