Ch 04 On The Advantages Of Silence Story 11

An astrologer, having entered his own house, saw a stranger and, getting angry, began to insult him, whereon both fell upon each other and fought so that turmoil and confusion ensued. A pious man who had the scene exclaimed:

         ‘How knowest thou what is in the zenith of the sky  
          If thou art not aware who is in thy house?’