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None should say: 'I can trust' or 'I cannot trust' until he is a master of the option, of trusting or not trusting.

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Idries Shah
Age: 72 †
Born: 1924
Born: June 16
Died: 1996
Died: November 23
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Collector Of Fairy Tales
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Arkon Daraul
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It is not important to have said a thing first, or best - or even most interestingly. What is important is to say it on the right occasion.
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