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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 62

Who panders to his passions will not cultivate accomplishments and who possesses none is not suitable for a high position. Have no mercy on a voracious ox Who sleeps a great deal and eats much. If thou wantest to have fatness like an ox, Yield thy body to the tyranny of people like an ass. THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)