Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 34
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
When a sage comes in contact with fools, he must not expect to be honoured, and if an ignorant man overcomes a sage in an oratorical contest, it is no wonder, because even a stone breaks a jewel.
What wonder is there that the song
Of a nightingale ceases when imprisoned with a crow
Or that a virtuous man under the tyranny of vagabonds
Feels affliction in his heart and is irate.
Although a base stone may break a golden vase,
The price of the stone is not enhanced nor of the gold lost.
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| Metre | 10110111111011110111001100101010010111100110011010 11011101 10100101010101 11010011001001100 10100110101 1011110101 01101110111011 |
| Characters | 560 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 55 |
| Words per line (avg) | 13 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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