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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512076" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 01</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless<br>fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with<br>the tongue he had, and to use foul expressions according to the<br>saying:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Who washes his hands of life<br> Says whatever he has in his heart.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> When a man is in despair his tongue becomes long and he is like a<br>vanquished cat assailing a dog.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> In time of need, when flight is no more possible,<br> The hand grasps the point of the sharp sword.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> When the king asked what he was saying, a good-natured vezier<br>replied: 'My lord, he says: Those who bridle their anger and forgive<br>men; for Allah loveth the beneficent.'<br> The king, moved with pity, forbore taking his life but another<br>vezier, the antagonist of the former, said: 'Men of our rank ought<br>to speak nothing but the truth in the presence of padshahs. This<br>fellow has insulted the king and spoken unbecomingly.' The king, being<br>displeased with these words, said: 'That lie was more acceptable to me<br>than this truth thou hast uttered because the former proceeded from<br>a conciliatory disposition and the latter from malignity; and wise men<br>have said: "A falsehood resulting in conciliation is better than a<br>truth producing trouble."'</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> He whom the shah follows in what he says,<br> It is a pity if he speaks anything but what is good.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The following inscription was upon the portico of the hall of<br>Feridun:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> O brother, the world remains with no one.<br> Bind the heart to the Creator, it is enough.<br> Rely not upon possessions and this world<br> Because it has cherished many like thee and slain them.<br> When the pure soul is about to depart,<br> What boots it if one dies on a throne or on the ground?</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Sa+di">Sa di</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512076" data-title="Ch 01 Manner Of Kings Story 01 de Sa di" data-description="I heard a padshah giving orders to kill a prisoner. The helpless fellow began to insult the king on that occasion of despair, with the tongue he had, and to use foul expressions according to the saying: Who washes his hands of life Says whateve..."></div> </div> </div>
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