Why Harm Earns More Fame?

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A Razor once said to a sword, "How is it that men always speak of you with respect, while they hardly make any mention of me?"

"Because," said the sword, "you skim over the surface, while I go deeper."

"Just so,"said the razor, "and thereby do them more harm than ever I can."

"You are quite right, " said the strop, who was of course an ally of the razor; "men always call those great that do them the largest amount of harm.  The greater the evil, the greater the glory!"

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