Have mercy in thy heart and step not on his head.
But when thou hast gone and asked him how he fell,
Gird thy loins and take hold of his tail like a man.
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Whenever a man disputes with one who is more learned than himself to make people know of his learning, they will know that he is ignorant.
Although thou mayest know better, contradict him not.
It is narrated that an oppressor of the people, a soldier, hit the head of a pious man with a stone and that the dervish, having no means of taking vengeance, preserved the stone till the time arrived when the king became angry with that soldier, and imprisoned him in a well. Then the dervish made his appearance and dropped the stone upon his head. He asked: ‘Who art thou, and why hast thou hit my head with this stone?’ The man replied: ‘I am the same person whom thou hast struck on the head with this stone on such and such a day.’ The soldier continued: ‘Where hast thou been all this time?’ The dervish replied: ‘I was afraid of thy dignity but now when I beheld thee in the well I made use of the opportunity.’’
Intelligent men have chosen submission.If thou hast not a tearing sharp nailIt will be better not to contend with the wicked.Who grasps with his fist one who has an arm of steelInjures only his own powerless wrist.Wait till inconstant fortune ties his hand.Then, to please thy friends, pick out his brains.
The country is adorned by intelligent and the religion by virtuous men. Padshahs stand more in need of the advice of intelligent men than intelligent men of the proximity of padshahs.
There is none better in all books than this:‘Entrust a business to an intelligent manAlthough it may not be his occupation.’
The teeth of all men are blunted by sourness, but those of the qazi by sweetness.
Will prove that ten melon-fields are due to thee.