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FableNº 309

The Rich Man and the Tanner

A rich man came to live near a tanner. As he could not bear the bad smell, he pressed him ceaselessly to move house. The tanner always put him off, promising to move in a while. As their dispute kept being renewed, it came about in the long run that the rich man got used to the smell and stopped bothering the tanner.

Habit softens unpleasant things.
Moral

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