"IDIOT! DOLT! BLUNDER HEAD!" The owner of an ass as he kicked it on its way."What are you to me? What use are you to anyone? On your way, have lived your life in vain!"
He kept up the tirade, kicking and the ass, which quietly continued, as best it could, on journey.
They passed a wise man. "What is the point of this abuse?" he asked.
"The beast cannot learn much from you. It is not made that way. Stop the noise, therefore, and you learn from the beastinstead."
"Learn from this creature?" Spluttered the man. "What can this brute possibly teach me?"
"Patience and silence in the presence of an ass."
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