Prevod
(By speaking little and with gravity, many win a reputation as great men.) In a certain cathedral hung a Bell, rung only on some solemn day. In the deepest tones, at a measured pace, it would sound four strokes, or three, and never more. For this, and for its size, greater than the ordinary sort, 5 it was forever praised throughout the district. Within the city’s jurisdiction lay a poor village with few inhabitants, whose parish church was a humble little building, with a small bell tower, like a hermitage; 10 and a cracked Little Bell, hanging in its midst, played the leading part there. So that this bell tower might imitate the cathedral’s, the villagers decreed that, slowly and sparingly, the worthy Little Bell 15 should be rung only on some special occasion. And so impressed were the village folk by this that the Little Bell passed for a mighty bell. Quite plausible indeed, for solemnity in many serves just so in place of ability. 20 They seldom deign to part their lips, and think that in this way they imitate the wise.