A wise man stood at the gate of an ancient city and greeted travelers as they arrived. One day, a traveler asked him: “What kind of people live in this city?”
The wise man responded with a question of his own: “What kind of people lived in the city from whence you came?”
“Oh, they were very bad people,” answered the traveler, “cruel, deceitful, and devil-worshipping.”
“You’ll find the same kind of people in this city,” sighed the wise man.
Some time later, a second traveler came to the gate and asked about the people in the city. The wise man again asked his question:
“What kind of people lived in the city from whence you came?”
“Oh, they were very good people,” answered the second traveler, “hard-working, generous, and God-fearing.”
“You’ll find the same kind of people in this city,” smiled the wise man.
-- As told by Kimberly Evans Jones
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