ORIENTAL WIT
Alyo Yusuph, chief judge of Bagdad, was remarkable for the modesty which accompanies wisdom. Once, after a long investigation of the facts of a case, he publicly confessed that his knowledge was not sufficient to enable him to decide it. ‘Pray,’ said a pert courtier, ‘ do you expect the caliph to pay you for your ignorance?’ ‘I do not,’ meekly answered the judge; the caliph pays me well for what I know if he were to attempt to pay me for what I do not know, the treasures of his empire would not suffice.’ -
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New Zealand Tablet, 29 August 1912, Page 62
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96ORIENTAL WIT New Zealand Tablet, 29 August 1912, Page 62
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