Men not chosen for their ignorance; else he should have reached heaven. Upbraided for not knowing answer to question, man answers that he was chosen for his position because of what he knew, not of what he did not know

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Men not chosen for their ignorance; else he should have reached heaven. Upbraided for not knowing answer to question, man answers that he was chosen for his position because of what he knew, not of what he did not know.

The wise and the foolish. · Wise and unwise conduct. · Humility. · Humility of the great. · view the constellation · filed as J911.1

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general *Wesselski Hodscha Nasreddin II 224 No. 462.

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