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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? ’ THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)