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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Caution 03

A weak man trying to show his prowess off against a strong one only aids his foe to encompass his own destruction. What strength has one brought up in the shade To go against champions in a fight? A man with weak arms in his folly throws His fist upon a man with iron claws. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)