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"There was another farmer who was also bringing water to his field. When his wife came and said, 'It's very late. Come home now; there's no need to overdo things like this,' he made no fuss at all, but put down his spade and said to her, 'Well, since you say so, let's go!'" Everyone laughed. "That farmer never did get the water to his field. This is the image of feeble renunciation.