Nasruddin’s Wisdom
Nasruddin was asked how he got wisdom.
Replied: good judgement.
Asked how he got good judgement.
Replied: experience.
Asked how he got experience.
Replied: bad judgement.
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Not surprisingly, many of the over 2000 stories at the Turkish Oral Narrative Tales archive feature the Hodja.
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