Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 17

Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)



Everyone thinks himself perfect in intellect and his child in beauty.

        A Jew was debating with a Musalman  
        Till I shook with laughter at their dispute.  
        The Moslem said in anger: ‘If this deed of mine  
        Is not correct, may God cause me to die a Jew.’  
        The Jew said: ‘I swear by the Pentateuch  
        That if my oath is false, I shall die a Moslem like thee.’  
        Should from the surface of the earth wisdom disappear  
        Still no one will acknowledge his own ignorance.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme A BXBXXAXX
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 534
Words 89
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 8

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