Develop practical wisdom
An illiterate cobbler had a bias against educated people. He was once visited by a professor of a college who had only one pair of shoes and he asked the cobbler to repair them immediately. “It is closing time,” said the Cobbler, “It won’t be possible for me to repair them just now. Why don’t you come to them tomorrow?” The professor said, “I have only one pair of shoes and I can’t work without shoes.”
“Very well, I shall lend you a used pair for the day.”
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“What, and wear someone else shoes? What do you take me for?
The cobbler gives the professor an answer that left him speechless.
The cobbler said, “ Why should you object to having someone else shoes on your feet when you don’t mind carrying other people’s ideas in your head.”
Practical wisdom is far superior to bookish knowledge.
