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Idries Shah Quotes: A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.
         

A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.


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This page presents the quote "A king who feared wasps once decreed that they were abolished. As it happened, they did him no harm. But he was eventually stung to death by scorpions.". Author of this quote is Idries Shah. This quote is about death, kings, harm, scorpions, fear, wasps, happened,.