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Ch 08 On Rules For Conduct In Life - Maxim 76

The first sovereign who laid stress on costume and wore rings on his left hand was Jamshid; and being asked why he had adorned his left whereas excellence resides in the right hand, he replied: ‘The right hand is fully ornamented by its own rectitude. ’ Feridun ordered Chinese embroiderers To write around the borders of his tent: ‘Keep the wicked well, O intelligent man, Because the good are in themselves great and fortunate. ’ THE GULISTAN OF SA'DI Translated by Richard Francis Burton (1821-1890)