The Mullah earned his living by running a ferry across a lake, and one afternoon he took a pompous scholar to the other side. When the learned academic asked if he had read Plato's Republic, the Mullah replied, "Sir, I am a simple boatman. What would I do with Plato?" The scholar scoffed, "In that case, half of your life's been wasted." Some time
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