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“The other day, I placed an iron lamp next to my household gods. Later, I heard a noise at the door, and when I went to check, I found that my lamp had been stolen. I thought to myself that the thief’s situation was not unusual. “Tomorrow,” I said, “you’ll find only a simple clay lamp here—because a person can only lose what they possess.”

The reason I lost my lamp was that the thief was more watchful than I was. But in taking it, he paid a price: in exchange for a lamp, he chose to become a thief, to trade his integrity for something small.”
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