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Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 11 Sa di	A brave warrior who had received a dreadful wound in the Tatar war was informed that a certain merchant possessed a medicine which he would probably...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 12 Sa di	One of the ullemma had many eaters to provide for and only a slender income. This fact he communicated to a great man of whose character he...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 13 Sa di	A dervish wanted something and a man told him that a certain individual possessed untold wealth who, if he were made aware of his want, would not...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 14 Sa di	A year of dearth set in at Alexandria so that even a dervish lost the reins of patience from his hands, the pearls of heaven were withheld from the...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 15 Sa di	Hatim Tai, having been asked whether he had seen in the world anyone of more exalted sentiments than himself, replied: ‘Yes, one day I slaughtered...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 16 Sa di	Moses, to whom be salutation, beheld a dervish who had on account of his nudity concealed himself in the sand exclaiming: ‘O Moses, utter a...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 18 Sa di	An Arab suffering in the desert from extreme thirst...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 19 Sa di	I never lamented about the vicissitudes of time or complained of the turns of fortune except on the occasion when I was barefooted and unable to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 20 Sa di	A king with some of his courtiers had during a hunting party and in the winter season strayed far from inhabited places but when the night set in he...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 21 Sa di	It is related that a sultan thus addressed a miserly beggar who had accumulated great riches: ‘It is evident that thou possessest boundless wealth...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 22 Sa di	I met a trader who possessed one hundred and fifty camel loads of merchandise with forty slaves and servants. One evening in the oasis of Kish he...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 23 Sa di	I heard about a wealthy man who was as well known for his avarice as Hatim Tai for his liberality. Outwardly he displayed the appearance of wealth...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 24 Sa di	A weak fisherman caught a strong fish in his net and not being able to retain it the fish overcame him and pulled the net from his...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 25 Sa di	A man whose hands and feet had been amputated killed a millipede and a pious passer-by exclaimed: ‘Praised be Allah! In spite of the thousand feet he...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 26 Sa di	I have seen a fat fool, dressed in a costly robe, with a turban of Egyptian linen on his head, riding on an Arab horse. Someone said: ‘Sa’di, what...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 27 Sa di	A thief said to a mendicant: ‘Art thou not ashamed to stretch out thy hand for a grain of silver to every sordid fellow?’ He...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 28 Sa di	It is related that an athlete had been reduced to the greatest distress by adverse fortune. His throat being capacious and his hands unable to fill...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Ch 03 On The Excellence Of Contentment Story 29 Sa di	I heard that a dervish, sitting in a cave, had closed the doors upon the face of the world, so that no regard for kings and rich persons remained in...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Contentment's Decay Kyle Woolley	Here I am again 4am again Trying to hold it back again Wasting life...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Contentment. Charles Stuart Calverley	After The Manner Of Horace. Friend, there be they on whom mishap Or never or so rarely comes, That, when they think thereof, they snap...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Expectation—is Contentment Emily Dickinson	Expectation—is Contentment— Gain—Satiety— But Satiety—Conviction Of...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
In Praise Of Contentment Eugene Field	(HORACE'S ODES, III,...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Mutual Contentment DanceOfThePoet'sPen	The road of life Paved with miracles Not always obvious Physical or...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
Olney Hymn 19: Contentment William Cowper	Fierce passions discompose the mind, As tempests vex the sea, But calm, content and peace we find, When, Lord, we turn to...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)
The Look of Contentment Khachab Dorji	Having sown the seed of hope, I sigh out of relief; With the deepest of contemplation That my sown hope grows deeper roots, To sprout a strong...	Rate it (0.00 / 0 votes)