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Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 13

An Indian who was learning how to throw naphtha was thus reproved by a sage: ‘This is not a play for thee whose house is made of reeds. ’ Speak not unless thou knowest it is perfectly proper And ask not what thou knowest will not elicit a good reply. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)