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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 29

To strike one’s fist on a lion, and to grasp the sharp edge of a sword with the hand, is not the part of an intelligent man. Do not fight or try thy strength with a furious man. Hide thy hands in thy arm-pits to avoid his finger-nails. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)