One young man swam far and began to drown. Feeling that his strength was leaving him, he began to call for help to a traveler walking along the river bank. But, instead of helping the drowning man, he began to reproach the young man:
- If you don’t know how to swim, why are you getting into the water?
The young man answered him:
“Help me first, and only then will you read moral lectures.”
It is untimely to lecture a person in trouble; first of all, you need to help him.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru