Monday 10 December 2007

They don’t know who I am

The last insanity of the rulers is to conclude that they are God. In fact this ridiculous illness befalls also a number of petty backyard tyrants, when some little power over people goes to their head. This reminds me of a story:

One day as Tamerlane relaxed in private counsel with his favourite fool Nasreddin he grew inspired. In that moment of secrecy, away from the crowd, he felt inclined to confess the great truth and said:

"God speaks to me!"

The Hodja, looked at him very surprised and answered sternly:

"I didn't say anything."

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