Common things have their use which often surpasses the intrinsic value
of precious, costly things.
A rich nobleman was once showing a friend a great collection
of precious stones whose value was almost beyond counting.
There were diamonds and pearls and rubies, and gems from almost
every country, and had been gathered by their possessor at the
greatest labor and expense. “And yet,” he remarked, “they yield
me no income.” His friend replied that he had two stones which
had only cost him five pounds each, but which yielded him a very
considerable annual income, and he led him down to the mill and
pointed to two toiling gray millstones.
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