One day the padishah summoned a sage and told him:
“Your wisdom is known to everyone, oh old man!” I appoint you as city judge.
The sage, who did not like this, replied:
- Great Padishah, I am not fit for such a position.
- Why?
“If I told the truth, that’s enough not to appoint me as a judge.” And if I lied, then how can a liar be a judge?
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru