Analysis of Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 60
Sa di 1210 (Shiraz) – 1291 (Shiraz)
Mendacity resembles a violent blow, the scar of which remains, though the wound may be healed. Seest thou not how the brothers of Joseph became noted for falsehood, and no trust in their veracity remained, as Allah the most high has said: Nay but ye yourselves have contrived the thing for your own sake.
One habitually speaking the truth
Is pardoned when he once makes a slip
But if he becomes noted for lying,
People do not believe him even when speaking truth.
Scheme | X AXXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100010010010111011011111111010110011011011010100011100111111101101011111 1010001001 110111101 1110110110 1011011101101 |
Characters | 506 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 74 |
Words per line (avg) | 17 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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