One young and gracious ruler invited Molla Nasreddin to become his adviser. The young man listened to Molla’s advice, learned from him, and the lands under his control achieved prosperity. And Molla began to receive a large salary for the first time in his life.
One day Molla’s wife asked about something, and Nasreddin replied: “I don’t know.”
- Me too, advisor! - the wife flared up. “The ruler pays you so much for your advice, but the only answer to my questions is “I don’t know”!
“Darling, the ruler pays me for what I really know.” If I received payment for what I do not know, then all the riches in the world would not be enough to pay for my ignorance.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru