Saadi
They put a crow in the cage with a parrot, and both were annoyed. "Where did they find such a hideous creature!" screamed the parrot. And the crow was thinking, "what sin did I commit to deserve this conceited, babbling fool?" I tell this little story to show that the snobbery scholars feel toward uneducated people is *exactly* reciprocated. One time a strict ascetic fell in with a company of wandering poets. "Welcome, dear holy man," began a charming minstrel from Balka. "I can see that you disapprove of us, but please don't frown. You You already look offensive enough."
They put a crow in the cage with a parrot, and both were annoyed. "Where did they find such a hideous creature!" screamed the parrot. And the crow was thinking, "what sin did I commit to deserve this conceited, babbling fool?" I tell this little story to show that the snobbery scholars feel toward uneducated people is *exactly* reciprocated. One time a strict ascetic fell in with a company of wandering poets. "Welcome, dear holy man," began a charming minstrel from Balka. "I can see that you disapprove of us, but please don't frown. You You already look offensive enough."
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sockpuppet:
Though I think the belief-oriented people are obsolete, given the world we live in. If they cannot comprehend peak oil, and global warming, and the wafer-thin thread of economic stability, well... right.
corsair:
Amy Walker has a good ear!
