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Sheikh Muslih-uddin Sa'di Shirazi
Gulistan of Sa'di

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Story 27
 
 
  A thief said to a mendicant: 'Art thou not ashamed to stretch out
thy hand for a grain of silver to every sordid fellow?' He replied:
 
 
        'To hold out the hand for a grain of silver
        Is better than to get it cut off for one dane and a half.'
 
 
 
 



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