Once upon a time in the early middle ages, there was a dimwitted emperor
who was trying to find a butterfly. That's when he came upon an unmarried
mother."Can you tell me where in the kingdom I can find a butterfly?" he
asked the mother. The mother did not have to think at all. "I do not know"
said the mother. The emperor considered the mother's answer. Then he
asked her to marry him, and she accepted. Later in the evening while he was
conversing with his lover, the emperor had a stroke of insight: Much
treasured is he who is known for his cart, for he also masters his ideas. And
he knew that his life was nothing to brag about.
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A dimwitted merchant once approached a beautiful virgin and asked her "how come you are so praised, you who are only a beautiful virgin?" "I will tell you why. That is because I always try to remember that: a beautiful virgin is only a beautiful virgin if the a beautiful virgin thinks herself to be a beautiful virgin" replied the virgin. The merchant had never before heard such truth this well articulated, and remembered it for the rest of his life, and later in his life, he died none the wiser.