《古代寓言·掩耳盗钟》（中英对照）

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欲负而走，则钟大不可负。

以椎毁之钟况然有音。恐人闻之而夺已也，逐掩其耳。

——恶人闻之，可也；恶已自闻之，悖矣。

——《吕氏春秋》

Stealing the Bell

After the fall of the house of Fan, a man got hold of a bronze bell. It was too big to carry away on his back, and when he tried to break it with a hammer it made such a din that he feared others might hear and take it away from him. So he hastily stopped his ears.

It was all right to worry about others hearing the noise, but foolish to stop his own ears.

The Discourses of Lü Buwei