Sa di

Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Admonition 20

O thou asker of food, sit for thou wilt eat; and 0 thou asked by death, run not for thou wilt not save thy life. Whether thou strivest for a maintenance or not God the most high and glorious will send it to thee; And if thou rushest into the jaw of a lion or tiger They will not devour thee unless on the day decreed. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)