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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 61

The noblest of beings is evidently man, and the meanest a dog, but intelligent persons agree that a grateful dog is better than an ungrateful man. A dog never forgets a morsel received Though thou throwest a stone at him a hundred times. But if thou cherishest a base fellow a lifetime, He will for a trifle suddenly fight with thee. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)