A fisherman cast his net and hauled in a small sprat. She begged him to let her go for now, since she was so small, and catch her later, when she had grown and would be worth more to him. But the fisherman said, “I would be a great fool to give up the profit I have in hand and chase an uncertain hope.” The fable shows that a gain in hand, however small, is preferable to an expected gain, however great.
Ἁλιεὺς καθεὶς τὸ δίκτυον ἀνήνεγκε μαινίδα. Τῆς δὲ ἱκετευούσης αὐτὸν πρὸς τὸ παρὸν μεθεῖναι αὐτὴν, ἐπειδὴ μικρὰ τυγχάνει, ὕστερον δὲ αὐξυνθεἔσαν συλλαβεῖν εἰς μείζονα ὠφέλειαν, ὁ ἁλιεὺς εἶπεν· „ἀλλʼ ἔγωγε εὐηθέστατος ἄν εἴην, εἰ τὸ παρὸν κέρδος ἀφεὶς ἄδηλον ἐλπίδα διώκοιμι.“
Ὁ λόγος δηλοῖ, ὅτι αἱρετώτερόν ἐστι κέρδος τὸ παρὸν, κἄν μικρὸν ᾖ, τοῦ προσδοκωμένου κἂν μέγα ὑπάρχῃ·
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