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Men void of accomplishments cannot behold those who possess some, without barking like the curs of the bazar on seeing a hunting dog, but dare not come forward; that is to say, when a base fellow is unable to vie with an accomplished man he sets about slandering him according to his own wickedness.
Whose tongue of speech is dumb when face to face.
I asked an illustrious man for the reason of the tradition: Account as an enemy the passion which is between thy two loins. He replied: ‘The reason is because whatever enemy thou propitiatest becomes thy friend, whereas the more thou indulgest in a passion, the more it will oppose thee.’
But if he be voracious like beasts he falls like a stone.He whose wishes thou fulfillest will obey thy commandContrary to passion, which will command, when obeyed.
To consult women brings on ruin and to be liberal to rebellious men crime.
Is to be tyrannical towards sheep.
A sage was asked: ‘Of so many notable, high and fertile trees which God the most high has created, not one is called free, except the cypress, which bears no fruit. What is the reason of this?’ He replied: ‘Every tree has its appropriate season of fruit, so that it is sometimes flourishing therewith, and looks sometimes withered by its absence; with the cypress, however, neither is the case, it being fresh at all times, and this is the quality of those who are free.’
Will flow after the Khalifs have passed away in Baghdad.If thou art able, be liberal like the date tree,And if thy hand cannot afford it, be liberal like the cypress.
To have mercy upon the bad is to injure the good; to pardon tyrants is to do violence to dervishes.
He will commit sin with thy wealth and make thee his partner.