The King of Persia once ordered his visier to make out a list of
all the fools in his dominions. He did so, and put his majesty’s
name at the head of them. The king asked him why, and he
immediately answered: “Because you entrusted a lac of rupees to
men you don’t know to buy horses for you a thousand miles off,
and who’ll never come back.” “Ay, but suppose they come back?”
“Then I shall erase your name and insert theirs.”--_Public
Opinion._
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=Foolishness Prevented=--See PREVENTION.