<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=512106" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 33</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">One of the veziers of a king treated his subordinates with kindness and sought the goodwill of his colleagues. Once he happened to be called to account by the king for something he had done whereon his colleagues endeavoured to effect his liberation. Those who guarded him treated him leniently and the great men expatiated upon his good character to the padshah till he renounced all further inquiry. A pious man who took cognizance of this affair said:</div><div style="margin:10px 0"> &quot;In order to gain the hearts of friends <br> Sell even the garden of thy father. <br> In order to boil the pot of well-wishers <br> Burn even all the furniture of the house. <br> Do good even to a malevolent fellow. <br> Tie up the mouth of the dog with a sop.&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> <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=512106" data-title="Ch 01 Manner of Kings Story 33 de Sa di" data-description="One of the veziers of a king treated his subordinates with kindness and sought the goodwill of his colleagues. Once he happened to be called to account by the king for something he had done whereon his colleagues endeavoured to effect his liberati..."></div> </div> </div>

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