They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time bef — Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
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They asked Abboud of Omdurman: 'Which is better, to be young or to be old?' He said: 'To be old is to have less time before you and more mistakes behind. I leave you to decide whether this is better than the reverse.

— Idries Shah, Thinkers of the East
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