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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 49

An envious man is avaricious with the wealth of God and hates the guiltless as foes. I saw a crackbrained little man, Reviling a possessor of dignity, Who replied: ‘O fellow, if thou art unlucky, What guilt is there in lucky men? ’ Forbear to wish evil to an envious man Because the ill-starred fellow is an evil to himself. What needest thou to show enmity to him Who has such a foe on the nape of his neck? THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)