Who spends it in adoring thee.
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To strike one’s fist on a lion, and to grasp the sharp edge of a sword with the hand, is not the part of an intelligent man.
Hide thy hands in thy arm-pits to avoid his finger-nails.
Iskandur Rumi, having been asked how he had conquered the east and the west, considering that the treasures, territories, reigns and armies of former kings exceeded his own and they had not gained such a victory, replied: ‘Whatever country I conquered by the aid of God the most high, I abstained from distressing its population and spoke nothing but good of the king.’
Who speaks ill of the great.All this is nothing as it passes away:Throne and luck, command and prohibition, taking and giving.Injure not the name of those who have passed awayIn order that thy own name may subsist.
Nothing is better for an ignorant man than silence, and if he were to consider it to be suitable, he would not be ignorant.
It is best to keep thy tongue within thy mouth.Disgrace is brought on a man by his tongue.A walnut, having no kernel, will be light.A fool was trying to teach a donkey,Spending all his time and efforts in the task.A sage observed: ‘O ignorant man, what sayest thou?Fear blame from the censorious in this vain…
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.’
A grain dealer to whom Sufis were owing some money asked them for it every day in the town of Waset and used harsh language towards them. The companions had become weary of his reproaches but had no other remedy than to bear them; and one of them who was a pious man remarked: ‘It is more easy to pacify a hungry stomach with promises of food than a grain dealer with promises of money.’
Than to bear the insults of the gate-keepers.It is better to die wishing for meatThan to endure the expostulations of butchers.
It is narrated that a tyrant who purchased wood from dervishes forcibly gave it away to rich -people gratuitously. A pious man passing near said:
Or an owl; wherever thou sittest thou destroyest.Although thy oppression may pass among usIt cannot pass with the Lord who knows all secrets.Oppress not the denizens of the earthThat their supplications may not pass to heaven.’The tyrant, being displeased with these words, got angry and took no notice of him until one night, when fire…