Sa di

Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 52

Regret will not leave the hearts of two persons and their feet of contention will not emerge from the mire: a merchant with a wrecked ship and a youth sitting with qalandars. Dervishes will consider it licit to shed thy blood If they can have no access to thy property. Either associate not with a friend who dons the blue garb, Or bid farewell to all thy property. Either make no friends with elephant-keepers Or build a house suitable for elephants. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)