Tolerance

Well known story told by G.E. Lessing

A father has a magic ring, the father must give this ring to one of his three sons, because he loves his three sons equally and does not want them to accuse him of favoritism, he makes two imitation rings so that each son can have a ring when he dies. The result is of course that each one of these sons thinks that his own ring is the magic one and the others are not, an argument develops, so they go to Nathan the Wise, who offers this very famous judgment. Let each think his own ring is true, but in meantime show forth gentleness and heart felt tolerance to one another.