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Ch 07 On The Effects Of Education Story 19

I asked an illustrious man for the reason of the tradition: Account as an enemy the passion which is between thy two loins. He replied: ‘The reason is because whatever enemy thou propitiatest becomes thy friend, whereas the more thou indulgest in a passion, the more it will oppose thee. ’ Man attains angelic nature by eating sparingly But if he be voracious like beasts he falls like a stone. He whose wishes thou fulfillest will obey thy command Contrary to passion, which will command, when obeyed. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)