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The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: 'What do you think I am, stupid, or something?

The stupidest man I ever met had a favourite saying. It was: ‘What do you think I am, stupid, or something?
– Idries Shah

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  40. Saying of the ProphetObjectsIt is your attachment to objects which make you blind and deaf. – Idries Shah

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