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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512094" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 20</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I heard that an oppressor ruined the habitations of the subjects to fill the treasury of the sultan, unmindful of the maxim of philosophers, who have said: &quot;Who offends God the most high to gain the heart of a created being, God will use that very being to bring on his destruction in the world.&quot;</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Fire burning with wild rue will not <br> Cause a smoke like that of afflicted hearts. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The prince of all animals is the lion and the meanest of beasts the ass. Nevertheless sages agree that an ass who carries loads is better than a lion who destroys men.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> The poor donkey though void of discernment <br> Is nevertheless esteemed when he carries a burden. <br> Oxen and asses who carry loads <br> Are superior to men oppressing mankind. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">When the king had obtained information of some of the oppressor’s misdeeds and bad conduct, he had him put on the rack and slain by various tortures.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> Thou wilt not obtain the approbation of the sultan <br> Unless thou seekest the goodwill of his subjects. <br> If thou desirest God to condone thy transgressions, <br> Do good to the people whom God has created. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the oppressed who passed near him said:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> &quot;Not everyone who possesses strength of arm and office <br> In the sultanate may with impunity plunder the people. <br> A hard bone may be made to pass down the throat <br> But it will tear the belly when it sticks in the navel.&quot;</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>
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