Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 27 Poem by Saadi Shirazi

Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 27

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A thief said to a mendicant: ‘Art thou not ashamed to stretch out thy hand for a grain of silver to every sordid fellow?’ He replied:

‘To hold out the hand for a grain of silver
Is better than to get it cut off for one dane and a half.’

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