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Story 14-the Effects of Education- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

Story 14-the Effects of Education- gulistaan-e-sa.adii

Saadi Shirazi

A little man with a pain in his eyes went to a farrier to be treated by him. The farrier applied to his eyes what he used to put in those of quadrupeds so that the man became blind and lodged a complaint with the judge who, however, refrained from punishing the farrier, saying: 'Had this man not been an ass, he would not have gone to a farrier.' The moral of this story is to let thee know that whoever entrusts an inexperienced man with an important business and afterwards repents is by intelligent persons held to suffer from levity of intellect.

A shrewd and enlightened man will not give

Affairs of importance to a base fellow to transact.

A mat-maker although employed in weaving

Is not set to work in a silk-factory.

A little man with a pain in his eyes went to a farrier to be treated by him. The farrier applied to his eyes what he used to put in those of quadrupeds so that the man became blind and lodged a complaint with the judge who, however, refrained from punishing the farrier, saying: 'Had this man not been an ass, he would not have gone to a farrier.' The moral of this story is to let thee know that whoever entrusts an inexperienced man with an important business and afterwards repents is by intelligent persons held to suffer from levity of intellect.

A shrewd and enlightened man will not give

Affairs of importance to a base fellow to transact.

A mat-maker although employed in weaving

Is not set to work in a silk-factory.

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